NAME

flog - dump STDIN to file and reopen on SIGHUP

SYNOPSIS

flog [ -t ] [ -T format ] [ -l number ] [ -F fifo ] [ -p pidfile ] logfile

DESCRIPTION

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

AUTHOR

Fredrik Sjoholm <fredrik@sjoholm.com>

LICENSE

Licensed under the GNU General Public License