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On Fri, August 10, 2007 18:13, David Wolfskill wrote:
>
> Biggest problem I can see (with what I want to accomplish) is how to
> specify it in the config file.
>

We could extend the 'count' field to accept 'N+M'. N being the number of
plain log files and M the number of compressed ones.

This would also negate the need for a new flag.



Joost.