From 318a1a2246a9f521e5a02313dcc1f6d68a0af7ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 18:16:14 +0200 Subject: Adding debian version 4.96-15+deb12u4. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- debian/manpages/exicyclog.8 | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/manpages/exicyclog.8 (limited to 'debian/manpages/exicyclog.8') diff --git a/debian/manpages/exicyclog.8 b/debian/manpages/exicyclog.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b3c759 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/manpages/exicyclog.8 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- +.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps +.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection +.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) +.TH EXICYCLOG 8 "March 26, 2003" +.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. +.\" +.\" Some roff macros, for reference: +.\" .nh disable hyphenation +.\" .hy enable hyphenation +.\" .ad l left justify +.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins +.\" .nf disable filling +.\" .fi enable filling +.\" .br insert line break +.\" .sp insert n+1 empty lines +.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) +.\" \(oqthis text is enclosed in single quotes\(cq +.\" \(lqthis text is enclosed in double quotes\(rq +.SH NAME +exicyclog \- Cycle exim's logfiles +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B eximcyclog +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B exicyclog +script can be used to cycle (rotate) +.I mainlog +and +.I rejectlog +files. +This is not necessary if only syslog is being used. +Some operating systems have their own standard mechanisms for log cycling, +and these can be used instead of +.B exicyclog +if preferred. + +Each time +.B exicyclog +is run the file names get \(oqshuffled down\(cq by one. +If the main log file name is mainlog (the default) then when +.B exicyclog +is run mainlog becomes mainlog.01, the previous mainlog.01 becomes mainlog.02 +and so on, up to a limit which is set in the script, and which defaults to 10. +Reject logs are handled similarly. + +If no mainlog file exists, the script does nothing. +Files that \(oqdrop off\(cq the end are deleted. +All files with numbers greater than 01 are compressed, using a compression +command which is configured by the COMPRESS_COMMAND setting in +Local/Makefile. +It is usual to run \(lqexicyclog\(rq daily from a root \(lqcrontab\(rq entry +of the form + + 1 0 * * * su exim \-c /usr/exim/bin/exicyclog + +assuming you have used the name \(oqexim\(cq for the Exim user. +You can run +.B exicyclog +as root if you wish, but there is no need. + + +.SH BUGS +This manual page needs a major re-work. If somebody knows better groff +than us and has more experience in writing manual pages, any patches +would be greatly appreciated. + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR exim (8), +/usr/share/doc/exim4\-base/ + +.SH AUTHOR +This manual page was stitched together from spec.txt by +Andreas Metzler , +for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). -- cgit v1.2.3