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authornicolargo <nicolas@nicolargo.com>2019-12-26 11:08:57 +0100
committernicolargo <nicolas@nicolargo.com>2019-12-26 11:08:57 +0100
commit9a10c9217830d1a54b85638d6abb8667543e12b6 (patch)
tree652082b10546e2bcc3da3c93a2a31e77a34e8e40 /docs
parent57ffb712f8d33ad4ca2611d5a2922a9e44c8661a (diff)
log file under public/shared tmp/ folders must not have deterministic name #1575
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-rw-r--r--docs/config.rst11
-rw-r--r--docs/man/glances.130
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/docs/config.rst b/docs/config.rst
index 875a2b35..00c54851 100644
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@@ -115,15 +115,10 @@ Glances logs all of its internal messages to a log file.
``DEBUG`` messages can been logged using the ``-d`` option on the command
line.
-By default, the ``glances-USERNAME.log`` file is under the temporary directory:
+The location of the Glances depends of your operating system. You could
+displayed the Glances log file full path using the``glances -V`` command line.
-=========== ======
-``*nix`` /tmp
-``Windows`` %TEMP%
-=========== ======
-
-- On Windows XP, ``%TEMP%`` is: ``C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Local Settings\Temp``.
-- On Windows Vista and later: ``C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Temp``.
+The file is automatically rotate when the size is higher than 1 MB.
If you want to use another system path or change the log message, you
can use your own logger configuration. First of all, you have to create
diff --git a/docs/man/glances.1 b/docs/man/glances.1
index 4fb8ce31..a7539c3c 100644
--- a/docs/man/glances.1
+++ b/docs/man/glances.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
.
-.TH "GLANCES" "1" "Nov 24, 2019" "3.1.4_BETA" "Glances"
+.TH "GLANCES" "1" "Dec 26, 2019" "3.1.4_BETA" "Glances"
.SH NAME
glances \- An eye on your system
.
@@ -670,30 +670,10 @@ Glances logs all of its internal messages to a log file.
\fBDEBUG\fP messages can been logged using the \fB\-d\fP option on the command
line.
.sp
-By default, the \fBglances\-USERNAME.log\fP file is under the temporary directory:
-.TS
-center;
-|l|l|.
-_
-T{
-\fB*nix\fP
-T} T{
-/tmp
-T}
-_
-T{
-\fBWindows\fP
-T} T{
-%TEMP%
-T}
-_
-.TE
-.INDENT 0.0
-.IP \(bu 2
-On Windows XP, \fB%TEMP%\fP is: \fBC:\eDocuments and Settings\e<USERNAME>\eLocal Settings\eTemp\fP\&.
-.IP \(bu 2
-On Windows Vista and later: \fBC:\eUsers\e<USERNAME>\eAppData\eLocal\eTemp\fP\&.
-.UNINDENT
+The location of the Glances depends of your operating system. You could
+displayed the Glances log file full path using the\(ga\(gaglances \-V\(ga\(ga command line.
+.sp
+The file is automatically rotate when the size is higher than 1 MB.
.sp
If you want to use another system path or change the log message, you
can use your own logger configuration. First of all, you have to create