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authorStefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>2013-07-20 22:21:25 +0200
committerStefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>2013-07-20 22:21:25 +0200
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@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
[ -<strong>v</strong> ]
[ -<strong>e</strong> ]
[ -<strong>c</strong> ]
+ [ -<strong>n</strong> <var>number-of-files</var> ]
<var>logfile</var>
<var>rotationtime</var>|<var>filesize</var>(B|K|M|G)
[ <var>offset</var> ]</code></p>
@@ -109,6 +110,11 @@ processed in real time by a further tool in the chain.</dd>
<dt><code>-c</code></dt>
<dd>Create log file for each interval, even if empty.</dd>
+<dt><code>-n <var>number-of-files</var></code></dt>
+<dd>Use a circular list of filenames without timestamps.
+With -n 3, the series of log files opened would be
+"logfile", "logfile.1", "logfile.2", then overwriting "logfile".</dd>
+
<dt><code><var>logfile</var></code></dt>
<dd><p>The path plus basename of the logfile. If <var>logfile</var>