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.TH FLOG 1 "March 2008"
.SH NAME
flog \- dump STDIN to file and reopen on SIGHUP
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B flog
[
.B \-t
] [
.B \-T
.I format
] [
.B \-l
.I number
] [
.B \-p
.I pidfile
]
.I logfile
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B flog
(file logger) reads input from STDIN and writes to a file. When a SIGHUP
is received, the file will be reopened, allowing for log rotation.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP \-t
prepend each line with "YYYYMMDD;HH:MM:SS: "
.IP \-T\ \fIformat\fP
prepend each line with specified strftime(3) format
.IP \-l\ \fInumber\fP
log file length limit (force truncation)
.IP \-p\ \fIpidfile\fP
create pid file
.SH AUTHOR
Fredrik Sjoholm <fredrik@sjoholm.com>
.SH LICENSE
Licensed under the GNU General Public License