[tor-commits] [tor/master] Clarify TruncateLogFile manpage entry

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Wed Jul 16 12:01:46 UTC 2014


commit c793a6edb441fdad568c26dc417e98484c74f897
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Wed Jul 16 14:01:38 2014 +0200

    Clarify TruncateLogFile manpage entry
---
 doc/tor.1.txt |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 193f943..ca6ac7b 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -562,7 +562,8 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
     syslog messages, or the mtime fields on log files.  (Default: 1 second)
 
 [[TruncateLogFile]] **TruncateLogFile** **0**|**1**::
-    If 1, Tor will overwrite logs, instead of appending them. (Default: 0)
+    If 1, Tor will overwrite logs at startup and in response to a HUP signal,
+    instead of appending to them. (Default: 0)
 
 [[SafeLogging]] **SafeLogging** **0**|**1**|**relay**::
     Tor can scrub potentially sensitive strings from log messages (e.g.



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