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31 lines
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From 1c1feebaddfd7c736cf08409f404fbeb6d499ede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Jan Macku <jamacku@redhat.com>
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:40:48 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] man: add note about systemd timer
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Update description to make it more clear that logrotate uses systemd timers
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when using systemd.
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(cherry picked from commit 6293cffe9a5166cb8053d1f3814e8c47a78f9868)
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---
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logrotate.8.in | 3 ++-
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1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/logrotate.8.in b/logrotate.8.in
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index 4ff198e..4577d83 100644
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--- a/logrotate.8.in
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+++ b/logrotate.8.in
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@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ large numbers of log files. It allows automatic rotation, compression,
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removal, and mailing of log files. Each log file may be handled daily,
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weekly, monthly, or when it grows too large.
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.P
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-Normally, \fBlogrotate\fR is run as a daily cron job. It will not modify
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+Normally, \fBlogrotate\fR is run as a daily cron job (or by
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+\fIlogrotate.timer\fR when using \fBsystemd\fR(1)). It will not modify
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a log more than once in one day unless the criterion for that log is
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based on the log's size and \fBlogrotate\fR is being run more than once
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each day, or unless the \fB\-f\fR or \fB\-\-force\fR option is used.
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--
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2.52.0
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