From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 19:14:28 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7448B16A41F for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:14:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail23.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail23.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FF9543D46 for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:14:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 9327 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2005 19:14:27 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail23.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 13 Sep 2005 19:14:27 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id CA333E8; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:14:26 -0400 (EDT) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: "Yavuz" References: <081301c5b875$5645da30$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym> <20050913151737.GA3087@flame.pc> <000501c5b892$d1eca4d0$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 13 Sep 2005 15:14:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <000501c5b892$d1eca4d0$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym> Message-ID: <447jdkdbl9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 58 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: about newsyslog X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:14:28 -0000 Please don't top-post. "Yavuz" writes: > Hello again > I have already read that man pages about newsyslog > it only shows daily,weekly,yearly etc. but I couldn't find to change every > hour in everyday or to change every 3 hours in a day. > help please... In "man newsyslog.conf" there is a description "when" field. If you put a "1" in that field, the log will be rotated every hour. If you put a "3" in there, every three hours. If you want it at particular times, there are more complicated syntaxes for that field to do all kinds of fancier versions. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Giorgos Keramidas" > To: "Yavuz" > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:17 PM > Subject: Re: about newsyslog > > > > On 2005-09-13 18:09, Yavuz wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > I use FreeBSD5.3 > > > > > > I want to change maillog file more frequent. > > > As you know the file named maillog file changes once in a day. > > > There is a file named newsyslog.conf in /etc > > > How can I do change file named maillog everyhour with > /etc/newsyslog.conf ? > > > > By setting up the relevant line in your ``/etc/newsyslog.conf'' file: > > > > The format of this file is described in the manpage: > > > > % man newsyslog.conf > > > > If you do read the manpage and you still have questions, then it's > > either a bug of the manpage or something we can clarify on the list, > > so don't hesitate to ask again :-) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/