[Git][NTPsec/ntpsec][master] Tweak logfile doc to mention logrotate and SIGHUP.

[Hal Murray]

Hal Murray pushed to branch master at NTPsec / ntpsec


Commits:
65307f15 by Hal Murray at 2018-06-18T23:53:28Z
Tweak logfile doc to mention logrotate and SIGHUP.

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2 changed files:

- docs/includes/misc-options.txt
- docs/includes/ntpd-body.txt


Changes:

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docs/includes/misc-options.txt
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--- a/docs/includes/misc-options.txt
+++ b/docs/includes/misc-options.txt
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ and so on is suppressed.
   used instead of the default system _syslog(3)_ facility. This is the
   same operation as the -l command line option.
 
+If your ntpd runs for a long time, you probably want to use logrotate or
+newsyslog to switch to a new log file occasionally.  SIGHUP will reopen
+the log file.
+
 [[mru]]
 +mru+ [+maxdepth+ 'count' | +maxmem+ 'kilobytes' | +mindepth+ 'count' | +maxage+ 'seconds' | +minage+ 'seconds' | +initalloc+ 'count' | +initmem+ 'kilobytes' | +incalloc+ 'count' | +incmem+ 'kilobytes']::
   Controls size limits of the monitoring facility Most Recently Used


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docs/includes/ntpd-body.txt
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--- a/docs/includes/ntpd-body.txt
+++ b/docs/includes/ntpd-body.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ configuration file directive.
 +
 Specify the name and path of the log file. The default is the system
 log file. This is the same operation as the _logfile_
-configuration file directive.
+configuration file directive.  See {ntpdconfman} for more info.
 
 +-L+, +--novirtualips+::
   Do not listen to virtual interfaces.



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