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        !            11: .TH SAVELOG X_MAN8_EXT_X "31 January 1988" "Local"
        !            12: .SH NAME
        !            13: savelog \- cycle and truncate log files
        !            14: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            15: .na
        !            16: .B X_UTIL_BIN_DIR_X/savelog
        !            17: [
        !            18: .B \-m
        !            19: .I mode
        !            20: ] [
        !            21: .B \-u
        !            22: .I user
        !            23: ] [
        !            24: .B \-g
        !            25: .I group
        !            26: ] [
        !            27: .B \-c
        !            28: .I cycle
        !            29: ] [
        !            30: .B \-t
        !            31: ] [
        !            32: .B \-l
        !            33: ]
        !            34: .I logfile
        !            35: .br
        !            36: .ad
        !            37: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            38: The
        !            39: .I savelog
        !            40: command renames and optionally compresses a log file and cycles it
        !            41: through a set of names based on the original log file, removing the
        !            42: last name in the cycle.
        !            43: .SH OPTIONS
        !            44: The
        !            45: .I savelog
        !            46: command accepts the following options:
        !            47: .TP
        !            48: \fB\-m\fP \fImode\fP
        !            49: Change the permissions mode for renamed log files to
        !            50: .IR mode .
        !            51: By default the mode is unchanged.
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: \fB\-u\fP \fIuser\fP
        !            54: Change the owner for renamed log files to
        !            55: .IR user .
        !            56: By default the owner is unchanged.
        !            57: .TP
        !            58: \fB\-g\fP \fIgroup\fP
        !            59: Change the group for renamed log files to
        !            60: .IR group .
        !            61: By default the group is unchanged.
        !            62: .TP
        !            63: \fB\-c\fP \fIcycle\fP
        !            64: Save
        !            65: .I cycle
        !            66: versions of the logfile, where
        !            67: .I cycle
        !            68: is a decimal number.  The default value is 7.
        !            69: .TP
        !            70: .B \-l
        !            71: Do not compress log files.  By default, a compression program is used,
        !            72: if one is available.
        !            73: .TP
        !            74: .B \-t
        !            75: Ensure that a new logfile exists when the savelog operation is
        !            76: complete.  Use of
        !            77: .BR \-m ,
        !            78: .BR \-u
        !            79: or
        !            80: .BR \-g
        !            81: imply this, ensuring that the logfile will have the designated mode.
        !            82: .SH "OPERATION"
        !            83: The given logfile is cycled through files named:
        !            84: .RS
        !            85: 
        !            86: OLD/\fIfile\fP.\fInumber\fP
        !            87: 
        !            88: .RE
        !            89: where
        !            90: .I file
        !            91: is the basename for the logfile and where
        !            92: .I number
        !            93: ranges from 0 to one less then the
        !            94: .I cycle
        !            95: count specified for the command.
        !            96: The
        !            97: .I OLD
        !            98: dirctory is created, as necessary, and is under the same directory as
        !            99: the logfile itself.
        !           100: .PP
        !           101: This cycle operation is accomplished by renaming the file numbered
        !           102: .IR cycle -2
        !           103: to a file numbered
        !           104: .IR cycle -1
        !           105: and so on until the file numbered 0 is renamed to the file numbered 1.
        !           106: If compression is being used, the first cycle file is compressed after
        !           107: being renamed to cycle 1.  After the cycle files are moved through the
        !           108: various names, the filefile itself is moved to the cycle 0 file.
        !           109: This cycle normally occurs once every time
        !           110: .I savelog
        !           111: is executed.
        !           112: If the log file does not exist, savelog ignores it and does
        !           113: not cycle the OLD files.
        !           114: .PP
        !           115: If compression is being used, then compressed log files will have an
        !           116: additional suffix appropriate for the compression program that is
        !           117: used.
        !           118: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           119: .IR smail (X_MAN5_EXT_X)
        !           120: and
        !           121: .IR smail (X_MAN8_EXT_X).
        !           122: .SH COPYRIGHT
        !           123: Copyright(C)1987, 1988 Ronald S. Karr and Landon Curt Noll
        !           124: .br
        !           125: See a file COPYING,
        !           126: distributed with the source code,
        !           127: or type
        !           128: .I "smail \-bc"
        !           129: for distribution rights and restrictions
        !           130: associated with this software.

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