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version 1.19, 2000/06/02 19:39:33 version 1.20, 2001/03/01 20:34:10
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 .Nd maintain system log files to manageable sizes  .Nd maintain system log files to manageable sizes
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm newsyslog  .Nm newsyslog
 .Op Fl vmnr  .Op Fl mnrv
 .Op Fl f Ar configuration file  .Op Fl f Ar config_file
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm  .Nm
 is a program that should be scheduled to run periodically by  is a program that should be scheduled to run periodically by
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 has the next to last  has the next to last
 period's logs in it, and so on, up to a user-specified number of  period's logs in it, and so on, up to a user-specified number of
 archived logs.  archived logs.
 Optionally the archived logs can be compressed to save  Optionally the archived logs can be compressed to save space.
 space.  
 .Pp  .Pp
 The options are as follows:  The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds  .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl f Ar config-file  .It Fl m
 Use  Monitoring mode; only entries marked with an
 .Ar config-file  .Sq M
 instead of  in flags are processed,
 .Pa /etc/newsyslog.conf  and notifications sent if any have changed.
 for the configuration file.  Without this option, monitored entries are not processed.
 .It Fl v  
 Be verbose.  
 In this mode it will print out each log and its  
 reasons for either trimming that log or skipping it.  
 .It Fl n  .It Fl n
 Do not trim the logs, but instead print out what would be done if this option  Do not trim the logs, but instead print out what would be done if this option
 were not specified.  were not specified.
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 signal to  signal to
 .Xr syslogd 8 ,  .Xr syslogd 8 ,
 so this option should only be used in debugging.  so this option should only be used in debugging.
 .It Fl m  .It Fl v
 Monitoring mode; only entries marked with an  Be verbose.
 .Sq M  In this mode it will print out each log and its
 in flags are processed,  reasons for either trimming that log or skipping it.
 and notifications sent if any have changed.  .It Fl f Ar config_file
 Without this option, monitored entries are not processed.  Use
   .Ar config_file
   instead of
   .Pa /etc/newsyslog.conf
   for the configuration file.
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 A log can be archived because of two reasons.  A log can be archived because of two reasons.
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