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| author | Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> | 2005-02-13 17:30:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> | 2005-02-13 17:30:32 +0000 |
| commit | b7aba731476a3a4b913ea42465cc24182ee8f05b (patch) | |
| tree | 5ddaac1e346cc050d2eb515bf607bd10c25d25b5 /man | |
| parent | 1c173f3538dbe3bdead741cde40ffa60ad562580 (diff) | |
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* doc/index.html, doc/replaceinit.html: no longer refer to sysvinit's
shutdown program.
* man/svlogd.8: svlogd doesn't decrease the number of log files in a log
directory; with n0 don't remove any log files.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/svlogd.8 | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/svlogd.8 b/man/svlogd.8 index 86a901f..2a5f1f3 100644 --- a/man/svlogd.8 +++ b/man/svlogd.8 @@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ If .B svlogd sees .I num -or more old log files in -.IR dir , -it removes the oldest one. +or more old log files in the log directory, it removes the oldest one. +Note that this doesn't decrease the number of log files if there are +already more than +.I num +log files. .SS PROCESSOR If .B svlogd @@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ Note that this may block any program feeding its log data to .SS CONFIG On startup, and after receiving a HUP signal, .B svlogd -checks for each +checks for each log directory .I log if the configuration file .I log/config @@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ to at least (2 * .IR len ). .TP .RI n num -sets the maximum number of old log files +sets the number of old log files .B svlogd should maintain to .IR num . @@ -192,6 +194,11 @@ old log files in .I log after log file rotation, it deletes the oldest one. Default is 10. +If +.I num +is zero, +.B svlogd +doesn't remove old log files. .TP .RI N min sets the minimum number of old log files |