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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)
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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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