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NAME

       flog - dump STDIN to file and reopen on SIGHUP

SYNOPSIS

       flog [ -t ] [ -T format ] [ -l number ] [ -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)

       -p pidfile
              create pid file

AUTHOR

       Fredrik Sjoholm <fredrik@sjoholm.com>

LICENSE

       Licensed under the GNU General Public License

                                  March 2008