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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 index e83afccdb06b..c9e4550195e3 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" This file contains changes from the Open Software Foundation. .\" .\" from: @(#)newsyslog.8 -.\" $Id: newsyslog.8,v 1.4 1997/02/22 16:08:25 peter Exp $ +.\" $Id: newsyslog.8,v 1.5 1997/02/28 07:33:37 mpp Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright 1988, 1989 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .\" @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ at. By default, this configuration file is Each line of the file contains information about a particular log file that should be handled by .Nm newsyslog . -Each line has five mandatory fields and two optional fields, with a +Each line has five mandatory fields and three optional fields, with a whitespace separating each field. Blank lines or lines beginning with ``#'' are ignored. The fields of the configuration file are as follows: @@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ message which .Nm inserts to indicate the fact that the logs have been turned over should not be included. +.It Ar path_to_pid_file +This optional field specifies +the file name to read to find the daemon process id. If this +field is present, a SIGHUP is sent the process id contained in this +file. This field must start with "/" in order to be recognized +properly. .El .Sh OPTIONS The following options can be used with newsyslog: |