From 3e2cfa88b6538bb0fee3d9a6e99622055d05ac4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:14:37 -0800
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Subject: [PATCH] Update the manual
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Update the manual for rotating on different filesystems.
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Upstream-Status: Pending
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Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
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logrotate.8.in | 10 ++++------
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1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/logrotate.8.in b/logrotate.8.in
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index 98fea91..70b4c44 100644
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--- a/logrotate.8.in
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+++ b/logrotate.8.in
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@@ -202,12 +202,10 @@ at all (use with caution, may waste performance and disk space). Default is 0.
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.TP
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\fBolddir \fIdirectory\fR
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-Logs are moved into \fIdirectory\fR for rotation. The \fIdirectory\fR must be
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-on the same physical device as the log file being rotated, unless \fBcopy\fR,
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-\fBcopytruncate\fR or \fBrenamecopy\fR option is used. The \fIdirectory\fR
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-is assumed to be relative to the directory holding the log file
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-unless an absolute path name is specified. When this option is used all
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-old versions of the log end up in \fIdirectory\fR. This option may be
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+Logs are moved into \fIdirectory\fR for rotation. The \fIdirectory\fR
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+is assumed to be relative to the directory holding the log file unless
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+an absolute path name is specified. When this option is used all old
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+versions of the log end up in \fIdirectory\fR. This option may be
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overridden by the \fBnoolddir\fR option.
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.TP
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--
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2.24.0
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