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Diffstat (limited to 'savelog.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | savelog.8 | 36 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 17 deletions
@@ -39,15 +39,19 @@ actions are performed: .IP 1) Version numbered files are cycled. Version -.IR cycle \-2 +.IR "file" "." "2" is moved to version -.IR cycle "\-3," +.IR "file" "." "3", version -.IR cycle \-1 +.IR "file" "." "1" is moved to version -.IR cycle "\-2 ," -and so on. Finally version 0 is moved to version 1, and version -.I cycle +.IR "file" "." "2", +and so on. Finally version +.IR "file" "." "0" +is moved to version +.IR "file" "." "1", +and version +.I "file" is deleted. Both compressed names and uncompressed names are cycled, regardless of .BR \-l . @@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ Missing version files are ignored. .IP 2) The new -.I file.1 +.IR "file" "." "1" is compressed unless the .B \-l flag was given. It is changed subject to the @@ -63,8 +67,10 @@ flag was given. It is changed subject to the flags. .IP 3) -The main file is moved to -.IR file.0 . +The main +.IR "file" +is moved to +.IR "file" "." "0". .IP 4) If the @@ -78,17 +84,11 @@ before. .IP 5) The new -.I file.0 +.IR "file" "." "0" is changed subject to the .BR "\-m" ", " "\-u" ", and " "\-g" flags. -Since the version numbers start with 0, version number -.I cycle -is never formed. The -.I cycle -count must be at least 2. - .SH OPTIONS .TP .B "\-m mode" @@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ chgrp log files to group, implies .B \-t .TP .B "\-c cycle" -Save cycle versions of the logfile (default: 7) +Save cycle versions of the logfile (default: 7). The +.I cycle +count must be at least 2. .TP .B \-t touch new logfile into existence |