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authorVasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>2006-05-04 14:53:33 +0000
committerVasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>2006-05-04 14:53:33 +0000
commitd5bac8a5a2ab536618b1833b85b702383566b062 (patch)
tree0ee10768f45f7dea62e6a99be748f86ac67c3eac /sysutils/cronolog/pkg-descr
parent9c2cbfb58bd1b35a53fb5237eba36c4f9a7ee9bf (diff)
* Add setuid patch [1]
* Shorten pkg-descr [2] PR: ports/92830 [1], ports/96289 [2] Submitted by: Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com>
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=161341
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diff --git a/sysutils/cronolog/pkg-descr b/sysutils/cronolog/pkg-descr
index 270675ad361f..6d50a9847886 100644
--- a/sysutils/cronolog/pkg-descr
+++ b/sysutils/cronolog/pkg-descr
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
"cronolog" is a simple program that reads log messages from its input
and writes them to a set of output files, the names of which are
-constructed using template and the current date and time. The
-template uses the same format specifiers as the Unix date command
-(which are the same as the standard C strftime library function).
+constructed using template and the current date and time.
"cronolog" is intended to be used in conjunction with a Web server, such
-as Apache to split the access log into daily or monthly logs. For
-example the Apache configuration directives:
+as Apache to split the access log into daily or monthly logs. E.g.:
TransferLog "|/www/sbin/cronolog /www/logs/%Y/%m/%d/access.log"
ErrorLog "|/www/sbin/cronolog /www/logs/%Y/%m/%d/errors.log"
@@ -14,22 +11,14 @@ example the Apache configuration directives:
would instruct Apache to pipe its access and error log messages into
separate copies of cronolog, which would create new log files each day
in a directory hierarchy structured by date, i.e. on 31 December 1996
-messages would be written to
+messages would be written to:
/www/logs/1996/12/31/access.log
/www/logs/1996/12/31/errors.log
-after midnight the files
+After midnight the following files would be used:
/www/logs/1997/01/01/access.log
/www/logs/1997/01/01/errors.log
-would be used, with the directories 1997, 1997/01 and 1997/01/01 being
-created if they did not already exist.
-
-The most up-to-date version of "cronolog" can be found at:
-
- WWW: http://cronolog.org/
-
-- Mark Blackman
-tmb@maddog.u-net.com
+WWW: http://cronolog.org/