Re: newsyslog default archived directory
Dongsheng Song writes: OpenBSD execute /usr/bin/newsyslog every hour, where newsyslog archived logs to ? Did you think to read the man page for newsyslog? It mentions a file called newsyslog.conf. Hmmm, a configuration file. I wonder what's in it. Oh, the man page also says SEE ALSO... newsyslog.conf(5). Read the man pages. Read the configuration file. You'll get your answer. // marc
Re: newsyslog default archived directory
I wrote... Did you think to read the man page for newsyslog? It mentions a file called newsyslog.conf. Hmmm, a configuration file. I wonder what's in it. Oh, the man page also says SEE ALSO... newsyslog.conf(5). O ops... Our man page does not have the SEE ALSO entry (it should, IMHO) but does list /etc/newsyslog.conf in the FILES section. I was on a different system when I checked. Read the man pages. Read the configuration file. You'll get your answer. That still stands. // marc
Re: newsyslog default archived directory
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 12:06:48AM -0700, Marco S Hyman wrote: I wrote... Did you think to read the man page for newsyslog? It mentions a file called newsyslog.conf. Hmmm, a configuration file. I wonder what's in it. Oh, the man page also says SEE ALSO... newsyslog.conf(5). O ops... Our man page does not have the SEE ALSO entry (it should, IMHO) but does list /etc/newsyslog.conf in the FILES section. I was on a different system when I checked. heh. the catch is that newsyslog.conf(5) is an MLINK to syslog(8). so there's no point adding a pointer to the same page in SEE ALSO. this has confused me a good few times as well. Read the man pages. Read the configuration file. You'll get your answer. That still stands. // marc indeed. jmc
newsyslog default archived directory
OpenBSD execute /usr/bin/newsyslog every hour, where newsyslog archived logs to ? Thanks, Dongsheng Song
