flog1
Dump stdin to file and reopen on sighup
Usage
flog [-t]
[-T
format]
[-l
number]
[-F
fifo]
[-p
pidfile]
logfile
Overview
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.
Options
-
-t -
prepend each line with "YYYYMMDD;HH:MM:SS: "
-
-T format -
prepend each line with specified strftime(3) format
-
-l number -
log file length limit (force truncation)
-
-F fifo -
read from fifo instead of pipe
-
-p pidfile -
create pid file
Releases
11 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 2 times.
-F since Debian 10 (Buster);
-T since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-l since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-p since Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-t since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).