commit f2331438f8baa51d4b31b15b345ec71887e36968
parent 9fa5fbda992196f476f2f64314a2c8a3605e241b
Author: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 20:35:48 +0000
typo, grammar.
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2 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/svlogd.8.html b/doc/svlogd.8.html
@@ -37,123 +37,122 @@ file <I>config</I>. <B>svlogd</B> creates necessary files if they don't exist.
<H3><A NAME="sect4">Log File
Rotation</A></H3>
<B>svlogd</B> appends selected log messages to the <I>current</I> log file. If
-<I>current</I> has <I>size</I> bytes or more size (or there is a new-line withing the
-last <I>len</I> of <I>size</I> bytes) <I>current</I> is rotated: <P>
-<B>svlogd</B> closes <I>current</I>, changes
-permission of <I>current</I> to 0755, renames <I>current</I> to @<I>timestamp.s,</I> and starts
-with a new empty <I>current</I>. If <B>svlogd</B> sees <I>num</I> or more old log files in <I>dir</I>,
-it removes the oldest.
+<I>current</I> has <I>size</I> bytes or more size (or there is a new-line within the last
+<I>len</I> of <I>size</I> bytes) <I>current</I> is rotated: <P>
+<B>svlogd</B> closes <I>current</I>, changes permission
+of <I>current</I> to 0755, renames <I>current</I> to @<I>timestamp.s,</I> and starts with a new
+empty <I>current</I>. If <B>svlogd</B> sees <I>num</I> or more old log files in <I>dir</I>, it removes
+the oldest.
<H3><A NAME="sect5">Processor</A></H3>
-If <B>svlogd</B> is told to process recent log
-files, it saves <I>current</I> to @<I>timestamp.u,</I> feeds @<I>timestamp.u</I> through ``sh -c
-"<I>processor</I>"'' and writes the output to @<I>timestamp.t.</I> If the <I>processor</I> finishes
-successfully, @<I>timestamp.u</I> is deleted and @<I>timestamp.t</I> is renamed to @<I>timestamp.s,</I>
-otherwise @<I>timestamp.t</I> is deleted and the <I>processor</I> is started again. <B>svlogd</B>
-also saves any output that the <I>processor</I> writes to filedescriptor 5, and
-make that output available on filedescriptor 4 when it runs <I>processor</I> on
-the next log file rotation. <P>
-A <I>processor</I> is run in the background. If <B>svlogd</B>
-sees a previously started <I>processor</I> still running when trying to start
-a new one for the same <I>log</I>, it blocks until the currently running <I>processor</I>
-has finished successfully. Only the HUP signal works in that situation. Note
-that this may block any program feeding its log data to <B>svlogd.</B> <P>
+If <B>svlogd</B> is told to process recent log files, it saves
+<I>current</I> to @<I>timestamp.u,</I> feeds @<I>timestamp.u</I> through ``sh -c "<I>processor</I>"'' and
+writes the output to @<I>timestamp.t.</I> If the <I>processor</I> finishes successfully,
+@<I>timestamp.u</I> is deleted and @<I>timestamp.t</I> is renamed to @<I>timestamp.s,</I> otherwise
+@<I>timestamp.t</I> is deleted and the <I>processor</I> is started again. <B>svlogd</B> also saves
+any output that the <I>processor</I> writes to file descriptor 5, and make that
+output available on file descriptor 4 when it runs <I>processor</I> on the next
+log file rotation. <P>
+A <I>processor</I> is run in the background. If <B>svlogd</B> sees a
+previously started <I>processor</I> still running when trying to start a new one
+for the same <I>log</I>, it blocks until the currently running <I>processor</I> has finished
+successfully. Only the HUP signal works in that situation. Note that this
+may block any program feeding its log data to <B>svlogd.</B> <P>
<H3><A NAME="sect6">Config</A></H3>
-On
-startup, and after receiving a HUP signal, <B>svlogd</B> checks for each <I>log</I> if
-the configuration file <I>log/config</I> exists, and if so, reads the file line
-by line and adjusts configuration for <I>log</I> as follows: <P>
-If the line is empty,
-less than two characters long, or starts with a ``#'', it is ignored. A line
-of the form
+On startup,
+and after receiving a HUP signal, <B>svlogd</B> checks for each <I>log</I> if the configuration
+file <I>log/config</I> exists, and if so, reads the file line by line and adjusts
+configuration for <I>log</I> as follows: <P>
+If the line is empty, less than two characters
+long, or starts with a ``#'', it is ignored. A line of the form
<DL>
<DT>s<I>size</I> </DT>
-<DD>sets the maximum file size of <I>current</I> when <B>svlogd</B> should
-rotate the current log file to <I>size</I> bytes. Default is 1000000. </DD>
+<DD>sets the
+maximum file size of <I>current</I> when <B>svlogd</B> should rotate the current log
+file to <I>size</I> bytes. Default is 1000000. </DD>
<DT>n<I>num</I> </DT>
-<DD>sets
-the maximum number of old log files <B>svlogd</B> should maintain to <I>num</I>. If <B>svlogd</B>
-sees more that <I>num</I> old log files in <I>log</I> after log file rotation, it deletes
-the oldest one. Default is 10. </DD>
+<DD>sets the maximum number of old
+log files <B>svlogd</B> should maintain to <I>num</I>. If <B>svlogd</B> sees more that <I>num</I> old
+log files in <I>log</I> after log file rotation, it deletes the oldest one. Default
+is 10. </DD>
<DT>!<I>processor</I> </DT>
-<DD>tells <B>svlogd</B> to feed each recent
-log file through <I>processor</I> (see above) on log file rotation. By default
-log files are not processed. </DD>
+<DD>tells <B>svlogd</B> to feed each recent log file through <I>processor</I>
+(see above) on log file rotation. By default log files are not processed.
+</DD>
</DL>
<P>
-If a line starts with a <I>-</I>, <I>+</I>, <I>e</I>, or <I>E</I>, <B>svlogd</B>
-matches the first <I>len</I> characters of each log message against <I>pattern</I> and
-acts accordingly:
+If a line starts with a <I>-</I>, <I>+</I>, <I>e</I>, or <I>E</I>, <B>svlogd</B> matches the first <I>len</I> characters
+of each log message against <I>pattern</I> and acts accordingly:
<DL>
<DT>-<I>pattern</I> </DT>
-<DD>the log message is deselected. </DD>
+<DD>the log
+message is deselected. </DD>
<DT>+<I>pattern</I> </DT>
-<DD>the log
-message is selected </DD>
+<DD>the log message is selected </DD>
<DT>e<I>pattern</I> </DT>
-<DD>log messages matching <I>pattern</I> are printed
-to standard error. </DD>
+<DD>log
+messages matching <I>pattern</I> are printed to standard error. </DD>
<DT>E<I>pattern</I> </DT>
-<DD>log messages not matching <I>pattern</I> are printed
-to standard error. </DD>
+<DD>log messages
+not matching <I>pattern</I> are printed to standard error. </DD>
</DL>
<P>
-Initially each line is selected. Deselected log messages
-are discarded from <I>log</I>.
+Initially each line
+is selected. Deselected log messages are discarded from <I>log</I>.
<H2><A NAME="sect7">Options</A></H2>
<DL>
<DT><B>-t</B> </DT>
-<DD>timestamp. Prefix each selected line with
-a precise timestamp (see <B><I>tai64n</B>(8)</I>) when writing to <I>log</I> or to standard
-error. </DD>
+<DD>timestamp.
+Prefix each selected line with a precise timestamp (see <B><I>tai64n</B>(8)</I>) when
+writing to <I>log</I> or to standard error. </DD>
<DT><B>-r <I>c</B> </I></DT>
-<DD>replace. <I>c</I> must be a single character. Replace non-printable characters
-in log messages with <I>c</I>. Character are replaced before pattern matching is
-applied. </DD>
+<DD>replace. <I>c</I> must be a single character.
+Replace non-printable characters in log messages with <I>c</I>. Character are replaced
+before pattern matching is applied. </DD>
<DT><B>-R <I>abc</B> </I></DT>
-<DD>replace characters. Additionally to non-printable characters,
-replace all characters found in <I>abc</I> with <I>c</I> (default ``_''). </DD>
+<DD>replace characters. Additionally
+to non-printable characters, replace all characters found in <I>abc</I> with <I>c</I>
+(default ``_''). </DD>
<DT><B>-l <I>len</B> </I></DT>
-<DD>line length.
-Pattern matching applies to the first <I>len</I> characters of a log message only.
-Default is 1000. </DD>
+<DD>line length. Pattern matching applies to the first <I>len</I>
+characters of a log message only. Default is 1000. </DD>
<DT><B>-b <I>buflen</B> </I></DT>
-<DD>buffer size. Set the size of the buffer <B>svlogd</B>
-uses when reading from standard input and writing to <I>logs</I> to <I>buflen</I>. Default
-is 1024. <I>buflen</I> must be greater than <I>len</I>. </DD>
+<DD>buffer size. Set
+the size of the buffer <B>svlogd</B> uses when reading from standard input and
+writing to <I>logs</I> to <I>buflen</I>. Default is 1024. <I>buflen</I> must be greater than <I>len</I>.
+</DD>
</DL>
<H2><A NAME="sect8">Signals</A></H2>
-If <B>svlogd</B> is sent a HUP
-signal, it closes and reopens all <I>logs</I>, and updates their configuration
-according to <I>log/config</I>. <P>
-If <B>svlogd</B> is sent a TERM signal, or if it sees
-end-of-file on standard input, it closes standard input, waits for all <I>processor</I>
-subprocesses to finish if any, and exits 0 as soon as possible. <P>
-If <B>svlogd</B>
-is sent an ALRM signal, it tries for all <I>logs</I> to rotate the current log
-file, if it is not empty.
+If <B>svlogd</B> is sent a HUP signal, it closes and reopens all <I>logs</I>,
+and updates their configuration according to <I>log/config</I>. <P>
+If <B>svlogd</B> is sent
+a TERM signal, or if it sees end-of-file on standard input, it closes standard
+input, waits for all <I>processor</I> subprocesses to finish if any, and exits
+0 as soon as possible. <P>
+If <B>svlogd</B> is sent an ALRM signal, it tries for all
+<I>logs</I> to rotate the current log file, if it is not empty.
<H2><A NAME="sect9">See Also</A></H2>
-<I>runsvstat(8)</I>, <I>runit(8)</I>, <I>runit-init(8)</I>,
-<I>runsv(8)</I>, <I>runsvstat(8)</I>, <I>runsvctrl(8)</I>, <I>runsvdir(8)</I>, <I>runsvchdir(8)</I>, <I>svwaitdown(8)</I>,
-<I>svwaitup(8)</I> <P>
+<I>runsvstat(8)</I>,
+<I>runit(8)</I>, <I>runit-init(8)</I>, <I>runsv(8)</I>, <I>runsvstat(8)</I>, <I>runsvctrl(8)</I>, <I>runsvdir(8)</I>,
+<I>runsvchdir(8)</I>, <I>svwaitdown(8)</I>, <I>svwaitup(8)</I> <P>
<I>http://smarden.org/runit/</I>
<H2><A NAME="sect10">Author</A></H2>
-Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
-<P>
+Gerrit
+Pape <pape@smarden.org> <P>
<HR><P>
<A NAME="toc"><B>Table of Contents</B></A><P>
diff --git a/man/svlogd.8 b/man/svlogd.8
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ If
.I current
has
.I size
-bytes or more size (or there is a new-line withing the last
+bytes or more size (or there is a new-line within the last
.I len
of
.I size
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ is started again.
.B svlogd
also saves any output that the
.I processor
-writes to filedescriptor 5, and make that output available on
-filedescriptor 4 when it runs
+writes to file descriptor 5, and make that output available on
+file descriptor 4 when it runs
.I processor
on the next log file rotation.
.P
