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diff --git a/network/exim/manpages/exicyclog.8 b/network/exim/manpages/exicyclog.8 deleted file mode 100644 index ec89d1aca8..0000000000 --- a/network/exim/manpages/exicyclog.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -.\" 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 <n> 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) - -.SH AUTHOR -This manual page was stitched together from spec.txt by -Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org>, -for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). |