Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:19:40 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Chris Stankevitz <chris@stankevitz.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: passing -t to newsyslog Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK2-KU_eptu9Yi-C2Q1-6V6Qds_4dXpuVd%2B43ypnMCYR3A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <269158b4-7b03-a509-adf7-7aab106a8dbf@stankevitz.com> References: <37474b63-e395-b1e2-6dcf-114dfaa36fc1@stankevitz.com> <20170222033008.6550f098.freebsd@edvax.de> <269158b4-7b03-a509-adf7-7aab106a8dbf@stankevitz.com>
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 8:36 PM, Chris Stankevitz <chris@stankevitz.com> wrote: > > I want "-t" to be passed when newsyslog is run hourly... not when it is > run once when the system boots for the purpose of creating log files. > > Per "man rc.conf": > > newsyslog_enable is used to run newsyslog one time at boot to create > missing log files. newsyslog_enable does not cause newsyslog to > continuously run. > > Per /etc/crontab: > > newsyslog is run periodically via en entry in /etc/crontab. newsyslog is > called without any arguments. There is no law preventing you from editing /etc/crontab. I imagine that bit of advice is there so the system's crontab isn't broken. Setting correct locale may also fulfill your desires assuming LC_TIME is read. -- Adam
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