Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:01:45 -0800 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslog.conf syntax change (multiple program/host specifications) Message-ID: <20030214220145.GM83215@roark.gnf.org> In-Reply-To: <p05200f15ba72fb31e177@[128.113.24.47]> References: <20030210114930.GB90800@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> <20030213174531.GZ83215@roark.gnf.org> <20030213184309.GA53098@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> <200302141100.23529.wes@softweyr.com> <p05200f15ba72fb31e177@[128.113.24.47]>
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 03:17:33PM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
>=20
> I'd also suggest that newsyslog be run with some (new?) option
> that says "rotate this file, even if you don't think it needs
> to be rotated". I'd expect newsyslog to know *how* to do the
> rotation in this case (bzip, gzip, or alternate file-naming
> conventions, and permissions on the newly-created log file).
=46rom newsyslog(8):
-F Force newsyslog to trim the logs, even if the trim conditions
have not been met. This option is useful for diagnosing system
problems by providing you with fresh logs that contain only the
problems.
-gordon
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