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Usability, size modifiers to log rotate: 100k:5, 1G:3, and 100M:5

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This applies to both the command line '-b SIZE' option and the
optional per log file setting.  Modifiers supported are: k, M, G

Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglobit@gmail.com>
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Joachim Nilsson
2018-09-25 17:14:10 +02:00
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@@ -336,15 +336,16 @@ and store them in the file
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The following is almost the same but will also log rotate and compress
aged out messages. Notice the leading '-' to ensure the file is flushed
to disk after each message.
aged out messages. The size argument takes the same modifiers as the
command line '-b' option. Notice the leading '-' to ensure the file is
flushed to disk after each message.
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# Log all messages, including kernel, to messages file
# rotated every 100 kiB and keep up to 10 aged out and
# rotated every 100 kB and keep up to 10 aged out and
# compressed files.
*.*;kern,kern.none -/log/messages 1048576:10
*.*;kern,kern.none -/log/messages 100k:10
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