Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 01:08:15 +0900 From: horikawa@jp.freebsd.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/9602: newsyslog.8 typo. Message-ID: <19990122010815N.k-horik@yk.rim.or.jp>
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>Number: 9602 >Category: docs >Synopsis: newsyslog.8 typo. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 21 08:10:01 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kazuo Horikawa >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386 >Organization: jpman project, Japan FreeBSD Users Group >Environment: src/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 revision 1.14 (RELENG_3, HEAD) >Description: newsyslog.8 describes /etc/newsyslog.conf as follows: "Each line has five mandatory fields and three optional fields," ^^^^^ But, I believe /etc/newsyslog.conf has five mandatory fields and four optional fields as follows: ^^^^ o mandatory fields: logfile_name, mode, count, size, interval o optional fields: owner.group, flags, path_to_pid_file, signal_number And, I think that newsyslog.8 should say "owner.group" field is optional, because default /etc/newsyslog.conf does not have owner.group field, as follows: # configuration file for newsyslog # $Id: newsyslog.conf,v 1.16 1998/06/09 18:26:16 ache Exp $ # # logfilename owner.group mode count size time [ZB] [/pid_file] [sig_num] /var/cron/log 600 3 100 * Z [snip] >How-To-Repeat: % man 8 newsyslog.8 >Fix: Apply following patch to src/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 revision 1.14 (RELENG_3, HEAD). --- newsyslog.8.bak Thu Jan 21 23:57:44 1999 +++ newsyslog.8 Fri Jan 22 00:01:16 1999 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ 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 three optional fields, with a +Each line has five mandatory fields and four optional fields, with a whitespace separating each field. Blank lines or lines beginning with ``#'' are ignored. The fields of the configuration file are as follows: @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ .It Ar logfile_name Name of the system log file to be archived. .It Ar owner.group -Specify the owner and group for the archive file. +This optional field specifes the owner and group for the archive file. The "." is essential, even if the .Ar owner or >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the messagehome | help
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