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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-02 23:13:00 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-02 23:13:00 +0000 |
commit | 6294018a208cf7742b1c021a9b75c26962505571 (patch) | |
tree | 502f17eb951b74c914af346cd4dbff252350c082 /usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 | |
parent | 3f44360851448f8816c22f6b72e8dd5c9924c27f (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-6294018a208cf7742b1c021a9b75c26962505571.zip FreeBSD-src-6294018a208cf7742b1c021a9b75c26962505571.tar.gz |
Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 index bbfef2d..5899d7e 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 @@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ The .Nm utility should be scheduled to run periodically by .Xr cron 8 . -When it is executed it archives log files if necessary. If a log file +When it is executed it archives log files if necessary. +If a log file is determined to require archiving, .Nm rearranges the files so that @@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ the last period's logs in it, .Dq Va logfile Ns Li \&.1 has the next to last period's logs in it, and so on, up to a user-specified number of -archived logs. Optionally the archived logs can be compressed to save +archived logs. +Optionally the archived logs can be compressed to save space. .Pp A log can be archived for three reasons: @@ -100,7 +102,8 @@ is run. .It Fl v Place .Nm -in verbose mode. In this mode it will print out each log and its +in verbose mode. +In this mode it will print out each log and its reasons for either trimming that log or skipping it. .It Fl n Cause @@ -110,7 +113,8 @@ were not specified. .It Fl r Remove the restriction that .Nm -must be running as root. Of course, +must be running as root. +Of course, .Nm will not be able to send a HUP signal to .Xr syslogd 8 @@ -144,7 +148,8 @@ will only apply to those specific log files. .It Fl F Force .Nm -to trim the logs, even if the trim conditions have not been met. This +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. .It Fl R Ar tagname @@ -216,7 +221,8 @@ distinguish the group name. Beginning with .Fx 3.3 , this has been changed to a colon (``:'') character so that user and group -names may contain the dot character. The dot (``.'') character is still +names may contain the dot character. +The dot (``.'') character is still accepted for backwards compatibility. .Sh "SEE ALSO" .Xr bzip 1 , |