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NEWSYSLOG.CONF(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual NEWSYSLOG.CONF(5)

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[править] NAME

    newsyslog.conf -- newsyslog(8) configuration file

[править] DESCRIPTION

    The newsyslog.conf file is used to set log file rotation configuration
    for the newsyslog(8) utility.  Configuration may designate that logs are
    rotated based on size, last rotation time, or time of day.  The
    newsyslog.conf file can also be used to designate secure permissions to
    log files at rotation time.  During initialization, newsyslog(8) reads a
    configuration file, normally /etc/newsyslog.conf, to determine which logs
    may potentially be rotated and archived.  Each line has five mandatory
    fields and four optional fields, separated with whitespace.  Blank lines
    or lines beginning with `#' are ignored.  If `#' is placed in the middle
    of the line, the `#' character and the rest of the line after it is
    ignored.  To prevent special meaning, the `#' character may be escaped
    with `\'; in this case preceding `\' is removed and `#' is treated as an
    ordinary character.  The fields of the configuration file are as follows:
    logfile_name
            Name of the system log file to be archived, or one of the literal
            strings ``<default>, or ``<include>.  The special default
            entry will only be used if a log file name is given as a command
            line argument to newsyslog(8), and if that log file name is not
            matched by any other line in the configuration file.  The include
            entry is used to include other configuration files and supports
            globbing.
    owner:group
            This optional field specifies the owner and group for the archive
            file.  The `:' is essential regardless if the owner or group
            field is left blank or contains a value.  The field may be
            numeric, or a name which is present in /etc/passwd or /etc/group.
    mode    Specify the file mode of the log file and archives.
    count   Specify the maximum number of archive files which may exist.
            This does not consider the current log file.
    size    When the size of the log file reaches size in kilobytes, the log
            file will be trimmed as described above.  If this field contains
            an asterisk (`*'), the log file will not be trimmed based on
            size.
    when    The when field may consist of an interval, a specific time, or
            both.  If the when field contains an asterisk (`*'), log rotation
            will solely depend on the contents of the size field.  Otherwise,
            the when field consists of an optional interval in hours, usually
            followed by an `@'-sign and a time in restricted ISO 8601 format.
            Additionally, the format may also be constructed with a `$' sign
            along with a rotation time specification of once a day, once a
            week, or once a month.
            If a time is specified, the log file will only be trimmed if
            newsyslog(8) is run within one hour of the specified time.  If an
            interval is specified, the log file will be trimmed if that many
            hours have passed since the last rotation.  When both a time and
            an interval are specified then both conditions must be satisfied
            for the rotation to take place.
            There is no provision for the specification of a timezone.  There
            is little point in specifying an explicit minutes or seconds com-
            ponent in the current implementation, since the only comparison
            is ``within the hour.
            ISO 8601 restricted time format:
            The lead-in character for a restricted ISO 8601 time is an `@'
            sign.  The particular format of the time in restricted ISO 8601
            is: [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd][T[hh[mm[ss]]]]].  Optional date fields
            default to the appropriate component of the current date;
            optional time fields default to midnight; hence if today is Jan-
            uary 22, 1999, the following date specifications are all equiva-
            lent:
                  `19990122T000000'
                  `990122T000000'
                  `0122T000000'
                  `22T000000'
                  `T000000'
                  `T0000'
                  `T00'
                  `22T'
                  `T'
                  `'
            Day, week, and month time format:
            The lead-in character for day, week, and month specification is a
            `$' sign.  The particular format of day, week, and month specifi-
            cation is: [Dhh], [Ww[Dhh]], and [Mdd[Dhh]], respectively.
            Optional time fields default to midnight.  The ranges for day and
            hour specifications are:
                  hh      hours, range 0..23
                  w       day of week, range 0..6, 0 = Sunday
                  dd      day of month, range 1..31, or one of the letters
                          `L' or `l' to specify the last day of the month.
            Some examples:
                  $D0     rotate every night at midnight (same as @T00)
                  $D23    rotate every day at 23:00 (same as @T23)
                  $W0D23  rotate every week on Sunday at 23:00
                  $W5D16  rotate every week on Friday at 16:00
                  $M1D0   rotate at the first day of every month at midnight
                          (i.e., the start of the day; same as @01T00)
                  $M5D6   rotate on every 5th day of month at 6:00 (same as
                          @05T06)
    flags   This optional field is made up of one or more characters that
            specify any special processing to be done for the log files
            matched by this line.  The following are valid flags:
            B       indicates that the log file is a binary file, or has some
                    special format.  Usually newsyslog(8) inserts an ASCII
                    message into a log file during rotation.  This message is
                    used to indicate when, and sometimes why the log file was
                    rotated.  If B is specified, then that informational mes-
                    sage will not be inserted into the log file.
            C       indicates that the log file should be created if it does
                    not already exist, and if the -C option was also speci-
                    fied on the command line.
            D       indicates that newsyslog(8) should set the UF_NODUMP flag
                    when creating a new version of this log file.  This
                    option would affect how the dump(8) command treats the
                    log file when making a file system backup.
            G       indicates that the specified logfile_name is a shell pat-
                    tern, and that newsyslog(8) should archive all filenames
                    matching that pattern using the other options on this
                    line.  See glob(3) for details on syntax and matching
                    rules.
            J       indicates that newsyslog(8) should attempt to save disk
                    space by compressing the rotated log file using bzip2(1).
            X       indicates that newsyslog(8) should attempt to save disk
                    space by compressing the rotated log file using xz(1).
            N       indicates that there is no process which needs to be sig-
                    naled when this log file is rotated.
            R       if this flag is set the newsyslog(8) will run shell com-
                    mand defined in path_to_pid_cmd_file after rotation
                    instead of trying to send signal to a process id stored
                    in the file.
            U       indicates that the file specified by path_to_pid_cmd_file
                    will contain the ID for a process group instead of a
                    process.  This option also requires that the first line
                    in that file be a negative value to distinguish it from a
                    process ID.
            Z       indicates that newsyslog(8) should attempt to save disk
                    space by compressing the rotated log file using gzip(1).
            -       a minus sign will not cause any special processing, but
                    it can be used as a placeholder to create a flags field
                    when you need to specify any of the following fields.
    path_to_pid_cmd_file
            This optional field specifies the file name containing a daemon's
            process ID or to find a group process ID if the U flag was speci-
            fied.  If this field is present, a signal_number is sent to the
            process ID contained in this file.  If this field is not present
            and the N flag has not been specified, then a SIGHUP signal will
            be sent to syslogd(8) or to the process id found in the file
            specified by newsyslog(8)'s -S switch.  This field must start
            with `/' in order to be recognized properly.  When used with the
            R flag, the file is treated as a path to a binary to be executed
            by the newsyslog(8) after rotation instead of sending the signal
            out.
    signal_number
            This optional field specifies the signal number that will be sent
            to the daemon process (or to all processes in a process group, if
            the U flag was specified).  If this field is not present, then a
            SIGHUP signal will be sent.

[править] EXAMPLES

    The following is an example of the ``<include> entry:
          <include> /etc/newsyslog-local.conf

[править] SEE ALSO

bzip2, gzip(1), xz(1), syslog(3), chown(8), newsyslog(8), syslogd(8)

[править] HISTORY

    This manual page first appeared in FreeBSD 4.10.

FreeBSD 9.0 February 25, 2011 FreeBSD 9.0