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authordes <des@FreeBSD.org>2000-05-11 10:17:54 +0000
committerdes <des@FreeBSD.org>2000-05-11 10:17:54 +0000
commit7d6740ec11e74d97fb52354e28552590cf2dc4ad (patch)
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parent67f6623fc7342a23cc66a332c5ae42b6f52ee3df (diff)
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Allow user to specify which logs to rotate
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
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@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
.Op Fl Fnrv
.Op Fl f Ar config_file
.Op Fl a Ar directory
+.Op Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Newsyslog
is a program that should be scheduled to run periodically by
@@ -355,6 +356,11 @@ to trim the logs, even if the trim conditions have not been met. This
option is useful for diagnosing system problems by providing you with
fresh logs that contain only the problems.
.El
+.Pp
+If additional command line arguments are given,
+.Nm
+will only examine log files that match those arguments; otherwise, it
+will examine all files listed in the configuration file.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/newsyslog.confxxxx -compact
.It Pa /etc/newsyslog.conf
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