version 1.25, 2002/09/13 19:00:08 |
version 1.26, 2002/09/17 20:03:40 |
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.Sh SYNOPSIS |
.Sh SYNOPSIS |
.Nm newsyslog |
.Nm newsyslog |
.Op Fl mnrv |
.Op Fl mnrv |
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.Op Fl a Ar directory |
.Op Fl f Ar config_file |
.Op Fl f Ar config_file |
.Sh DESCRIPTION |
.Sh DESCRIPTION |
.Nm |
.Nm |
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Be verbose. |
Be verbose. |
In this mode it will print out each log and its |
In this mode it will print out each log and its |
reasons for either trimming that log or skipping it. |
reasons for either trimming that log or skipping it. |
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.It Fl a Ar directory |
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Specify a |
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.Ar directory |
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into which archived log files will be written. |
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If |
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.Ar directory |
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is a relative path, it is it is appended to the parent directory |
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of each log and the archived log is stored in the result. |
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If an absolute path is given, all archived logs are stored in the given |
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.Ar directory . |
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If |
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.Ar directory |
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does not exist for a specified log, it is ignored for that entry and |
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the log is rotated as if the |
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.Fl a |
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option was not specified. |
.It Fl f Ar config_file |
.It Fl f Ar config_file |
Use |
Use |
.Ar config_file |
.Ar config_file |