From: Sebastien GODARD <sysstat@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:52:16 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Update sysstat(5) manual page
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Update sysstat(5) manual page

Be more precise when HISTORY variable is used with system activity data
files named saYYYYMMDD.

Signed-off-by: Sebastien GODARD <sysstat@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/man/sysstat.in b/man/sysstat.in
index 9fdd2fa..602205a 100644
--- a/man/sysstat.in
+++ b/man/sysstat.in
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ March 31st: 31 files
 (Determining the number of files in March on a leap year is left as an
 exercise for the reader).
 
+Things are simpler if you use the sa[r]YYYYMMDD name format.
+Apply the same logic as above in this case and you will find that there
+is always
+.B HISTORY
++ 3 files in the
+.IR /var/log/sa
+directory during the majority of a given day.
+
 .TP
 .B SA_DIR
 Directory where the standard system activity daily data and report files