diff --git a/man/sysklogd.8 b/man/sysklogd.8 index 7ca3752..8da0b29 100644 --- a/man/sysklogd.8 +++ b/man/sysklogd.8 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" Copyright 2004,6-8 Martin Schulze .\" 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 @@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ sysklogd \- Linux system logging utilities. .RB [ " \-a " .I socket ] +.RB [ " \-b " +.I size +] +.RB [ " \-c " +.I count +] .RB [ " \-d " ] .RB [ " \-f " .I config file @@ -102,6 +108,19 @@ within the syslogd.c source file. An example for a chroot() daemon is described by the people from OpenBSD at . .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)