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authorSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2017-11-17 16:27:40 +0100
committerSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2017-11-17 16:27:40 +0100
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erts: Clarify RUN_ERL_LOG_GENERATIONS
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<item>
<p>Controls the number of log files written before older
files are reused. Defaults to 5, minimum is 2, maximum is 1000.</p>
+ <p>Note that, as a way to indicate the newest file, <c>run_erl</c> will
+ delete the oldest log file to maintain a "hole" in the file
+ sequences. For example, if log files #1, #2, #4 and #5 exists, that
+ means #2 is the latest and #4 is the oldest. You will therefore at most
+ get one less log file than the value set by
+ <c>RUN_ERL_LOG_GENERATIONS</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>RUN_ERL_LOG_MAXSIZE</c></tag>
<item>