newsyslog.conf in 5.x and bz2

Jason Stewart jstewart at rtl.org
Tue Jan 13 13:25:52 PST 2004


On 13/01/04 16:03 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Radko Keves <rado at studnet.edu.eu.org> writes:
> 
> > can i change compression type from bzip2 to gzip when syslog
> > rotate files?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > i can't find it nowhere.
> 
> Really?  It's right in the manual for newsyslog(8).
> You just use a 'Z' flag instead of 'J'.

Just to avoid confusion, it's J for bzip2 and Z for gzip


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