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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 23:13:00 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 23:13:00 +0000
commit6294018a208cf7742b1c021a9b75c26962505571 (patch)
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parent3f44360851448f8816c22f6b72e8dd5c9924c27f (diff)
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Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
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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 ,
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