Document log rotation command line options

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.\" Copyright 2004,6-8 Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
.\"
.TH SYSKLOGD 8 "11 May 2008" "Version 1.5" "Linux System Administration"
.TH SYSKLOGD 8 "02 Aug 2018" "Version 1.5" "Linux System Administration"
.SH NAME
sysklogd \- Linux system logging utilities.
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.RB [ " \-a "
.I socket
]
.RB [ " \-b "
.I size
]
.RB [ " \-c "
.I count
]
.RB [ " \-d " ]
.RB [ " \-f "
.I config file
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described by the people from OpenBSD at
<http://www.guides.sk/psionic/dns/>.
.TP
.BI "\-b " "size"
This option controls the max size of files in the built-in log-rotation.
When present on the command line it activates log rotation of all files
with the given maximum size.
.TP
.BI "\-c " "count"
This option controls the max number of files kept by the built-in
log-rotation. To activate the built-in log rotation this option must be
combined with the
.BI "\-b"
option. The number of files kept include both gzipped files and the
first rotated (not zipped) file.
.TP
.B "\-d"
Turns on debug mode. Using this the daemon will not proceed a
.BR fork (2)