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authordelphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org>2010-01-20 01:07:38 +0000
committerdelphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org>2010-01-20 01:07:38 +0000
commitbf268284cce6c4d1d3fbd8d52be2340ef8d83629 (patch)
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Add a new option, -P, which reverts newsyslog(8) to the old behavior,
which stops to proceed further, as it is possible that processes which fails to create PID file get screwed by rotation. Requested by: stas MFC after: 2 weeks X-MFC with: r200806
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
index 3db563f..06714aa 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
.\" the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is
.\" provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
.\"
-.Dd February 24, 2005
+.Dd January 19, 2010
.Dt NEWSYSLOG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.Nd maintain system log files to manageable sizes
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl CFNnrsv
+.Op Fl CFNPnrsv
.Op Fl R Ar tagname
.Op Fl a Ar directory
.Op Fl d Ar directory
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ This option is intended to be used with the
or
.Fl CC
options when creating log files is the only objective.
+.It Fl P
+Prevent further action if we should send signal but the
+.Dq pidfile
+is empty or does not exist.
.It Fl R Ar tagname
Specify that
.Nm
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