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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 index 4e01c911d42..86e928561bd 100644 --- a/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 +++ b/usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.33 2003/02/12 19:17:36 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: newsyslog.8,v 1.34 2003/05/15 03:31:15 millert Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997, Jason Downs. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm newsyslog -.Nd maintain system log files to manageable sizes +.Nd trim log files to manageable sizes .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm newsyslog .Op Fl Fmnrv @@ -108,13 +108,12 @@ were not specified. Removes the restriction that .Nm must be running as root. -Of course, +Note that in this mode .Nm will not be able to send a .Dv SIGHUP signal to -.Xr syslogd 8 , -so this option should only be used in debugging. +.Xr syslogd 8 . .It Fl v Place .Nm newsyslog @@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ By default, this configuration file is Each line of the file contains information about a particular log file that should be handled by .Nm newsyslog . -Each line has five mandatory fields and up to three optional fields, with a +Each line has five mandatory fields and up to three optional fields, with whitespace separating each field. Blank lines or lines beginning with a hash mark .Pq Ql # @@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ The full pathname of the system log file to be archived. .It Ar owner:group This optional field specifies the owner and group for the archive file. The -.Ql : +.Ql \&: is essential, even if the .Ar owner or @@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ in the system password and group databases. For backwards compatibility, a .Ql \&. may be used instead of a -.Ql : . +.Ql \&: . .It Ar mode File mode (in octal) to use for created log files and archives. .It Ar count |