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authorache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1998-06-09 18:24:04 +0000
committerache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1998-06-09 18:24:04 +0000
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Add optional config file field: signal number to send (defaulted to HUP)
F.e. apache restarts less agressively on USR1 then on HUP
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
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--- a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" This file contains changes from the Open Software Foundation.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)newsyslog.8
-.\" $Id: newsyslog.8,v 1.12 1998/05/10 18:41:16 hoek Exp $
+.\" $Id: newsyslog.8,v 1.13 1998/05/10 19:04:05 hoek Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright 1988, 1989 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
.\"
@@ -120,9 +120,15 @@ field is specified.
.It Ar path_to_pid_file
This optional field specifies
the file name to read to find the daemon process id. If this
-field is present, a SIGHUP is sent the process id contained in this
+field is present, a
+.Ar signal_number
+is sent the process id contained in this
file. This field must start with "/" in order to be recognized
properly.
+.It Ar signal_number
+This optional field specifies
+the signal number will be sent to the daemon process. By default
+a SIGHUP will be sent.
.El
.Sh OPTIONS
The following options can be used with newsyslog:
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