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Date:      Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:27:26 +0200
From:      Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Antonio Kless <antoniok.spb@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: how to re-read /etc/newsyslog.conf ?
Message-ID:  <4C909F8E.60705@ose.nl>
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On 09/15/2010 11=3A11 AM=2C Antonio Kless wrote=3A
=3E 2010/9/15 Matthew Seaman =3Cm=2Eseaman=40infracaninophile=2Eco=2Euk=3E=

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=3E  =20
=3E=3E On 15/09/2010 09=3A02=2C Antonio Kless wrote=3A
=3E=3E    =20
=3E=3E=3E I have changed my /etc/newsyslog=2Econf by adding some new lines=
=2E How to
=3E=3E=3E      =20
=3E=3E make
=3E=3E    =20
=3E=3E=3E FreeBSD re-read it=3F
=3E=3E=3E
=3E=3E=3E =23 /etc/rc=2Ed/newsyslog status
=3E=3E=3E newsyslog is not running=2E
=3E=3E=3E
=3E=3E=3E Is it OK=3F
=3E=3E=3E      =20
=3E=3E newsyslog is a cron job that gets run every hour=2E  There=27s nothi=
ng to
=3E=3E restart=2E  Changes to newsyslog=2Econf will be picked up the next t=
ime it
=3E=3E runs=2E
=3E=3E
=3E=3E        Cheers=2C
=3E=3E
=3E=3E        Matthew
=3E=3E
=3E=3E --
=3E=3E Dr Matthew J Seaman MA=2C D=2EPhil=2E                   7 Priory Cou=
rtyard
=3E=3E                                                  Flat 3
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=3E=3E    =20
=3E OK=2C now I see=2E
=3E Then for what /etc/rc=2Ed/newsyslog are there=3F
=3E
=3E FreeBSD 7=2E2-RELEASE=2E
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Hi

I guess this is for running newsyslog during boot to cleanup logfiles
=28enable in rc=2Econf=29
The same as ntpdate for instance




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