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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:52:46 -0600
From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
Subject: Re: newsyslog.conf and large numbers of Log Files 
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Matthew Seaman writes:
>             G       indicates that the specified logfile_name is a shell 
> pat-
>                     tern, and that newsyslog(8) should archive all 
> filenames
>                     matching that pattern using the other options on this
>                     line.  See glob(3) for details on syntax and matching
>                     rules.

I am sorry. It looks like I didn't look closely enough. Many
thanks.

Martin McCormick