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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/newsyslog')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 | 19 |
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 |