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

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>
2018-09-25 17:14:10 +02:00
parent 98f6f3ae3d
commit ea24aa5378
3 changed files with 49 additions and 8 deletions
--- a/man/sysklogd.8
+++ b/man/sysklogd.8
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ per log file, see
 .BR syslog.conf (5)
 for details.

+The size argument takes optional modifiers; k, M, G.  E.g., 100M is
+100MB, 42k is 42 kB, etc.
+
 Default: disabled (0).
 .TP
 .BI "\-c " "count"