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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-01-25 05:09:37 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-01-25 05:09:37 +0000
commitce1e072bea1417bbe92987c90b575cf420468e98 (patch)
treeb233db80bd21aa2b6e0da83e0b5d4549ed343831
parent4264c91799d9f124b60cedc2031b354d245f9fe5 (diff)
Make monitor section match the actual code.
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.819
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
index 9f9cd9d68f2..4c462cd547f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
+++ b/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.30 2003/01/06 08:47:23 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.31 2003/01/25 05:09:36 millert Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, Jason Downs. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
.\" the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is
.\" provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
.\"
-.Dd November 11, 1999
+.Dd January 24, 2003
.Dt NEWSYSLOG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -95,9 +95,12 @@ flags to aid in debugging problems with
.It Fl m
Monitoring mode; only entries marked with an
.Sq M
-in flags are processed,
-and notifications sent if any have changed.
-Without this option, monitored entries are not processed.
+in flags are processed.
+For each log file being monitored, any log output since the last time
+.Nm
+was run with the
+.Fl m
+flag is mailed to the user listed in the monitor notification section.
.It Fl n
Do not trim the logs, but instead print out what would be done if this option
were not specified.
@@ -242,9 +245,9 @@ log file.
The
.Sq F
flag specifies that symbolic links should be followed.
-.It monitor notification (optional)
-Specify the account that should receive notification messages if this is
-a monitored log file.
+.It monitor notification (only used with the `M' flag)
+Specify the username (or email address) that should receive notification
+messages if this is a monitored log file.
Notification messages are sent as email; the operator
deserves what they get if they mark the
.Xr sendmail 8