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diff --git a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 index 19d01d7f6022..58881a2d5dae 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.8 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ .Op Fl a Ar directory .Op Fl d Ar directory .Op Fl f Ar config_file +.Op Fl t Ar timefmt .Op Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION The @@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ the last period's logs in it, has the next to last period's logs in it, and so on, up to a user-specified number of archived logs. +It is also possible to let archived log filenames be created using the +time the log file was archived instead of the sequential number using +the +.Fl t +option. Optionally the archived logs can be compressed to save space. .Pp @@ -141,6 +147,31 @@ However, this option is most likely to be useful when specified with the .Fl R option, and in that case the compression will be done. +.It Fl t Ar timefmt +If specified +.Nm +will create the +.Dq rotated +logfiles using the specified time format instead of the default +sequential filenames. +The time format is described in the +.Xr strftime 3 +manual page. +If the +.Ar timefmt +argument is set to an empty string or the string +.Dq DEFAULT , +the default built in time format +is used. +If the +.Ar timefmt +string is changed the old files created using the previous time format +will not be be automatically removed (unless the new format is very +similar to the old format). +This is also the case when changing from sequential filenames to time +based file names, and the other way around. +The time format should contain at least year, month, day, and hour to +make sure rotating of old logfiles can select the correct logfiles. .It Fl C If specified once, then .Nm |