Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 23:22:57 -0800 (PST) From: rdm@cfcl.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/22861: newsyslog man page is misleading and incomplete Message-ID: <20001115072257.6C3F637B4CF@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 22861 >Category: docs >Synopsis: newsyslog man page is misleading and incomplete >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: Tue Nov 14 23:30:01 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Rich Morin >Release: 4.1 >Organization: Canta Forda Computer Lab >Environment: FreeBSD cfcl.com 4.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #0: Fri Jul 28 14:30:31 GMT 200 0 jkh@ref4.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 >Description: The man page says that "Each line has five mandatory fields and four optional fields, with a whitespace separating each field." This should be changed to read "...with whitespace..."; multiple whitespace characters may be used between fields, if desired. Also, it is not clear that the use of a size and a time together will not fire if just the size criterion is met. So, if you want to trim the maillog at midnight OR if it reaches 5000 KB, you need two entries. Somehow, this needs to be clarified. >How-To-Repeat: man newsyslog >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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