website: clarify log file filename format (#4856)

Fixes #4697
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to an environment which communicates the HTTP port through the environment e.g. PaaS like CloudFoundry, allowing to an environment which communicates the HTTP port through the environment e.g. PaaS like CloudFoundry, allowing
you to set the port directly via a Procfile. you to set the port directly via a Procfile.
* <a name="_log_file"></a><a href="#_log_file">`-log-file`</a> - to redirect all the Consul agent log messages to a file. This can be specified with the complete path along with the name of the log. In case the path doesn't have the filename, the filename defaults to Consul-timestamp.log . Can be combined with <a href="#_log_rotate_bytes"> -log-rotate-bytes</a> and <a href="#_log_rotate_duration"> -log-rotate-duration </a> for a fine-grained log rotation experience. * <a name="_log_file"></a><a href="#_log_file">`-log-file`</a> - to redirect all the Consul agent log messages to a file. This can be specified with the complete path along with the name of the log. In case the path doesn't have the filename, the filename defaults to `consul-{timestamp}.log`. Can be combined with <a href="#_log_rotate_bytes"> -log-rotate-bytes</a> and <a href="#_log_rotate_duration"> -log-rotate-duration </a> for a fine-grained log rotation experience.
* <a name="_log_rotate_bytes"></a><a href="#_log_rotate_bytes">`-log-rotate-bytes`</a> - to specify the number of bytes that should be written to a log before it needs to be rotated. Unless specified, there is no limit to the number of bytes that can be written to a log file. * <a name="_log_rotate_bytes"></a><a href="#_log_rotate_bytes">`-log-rotate-bytes`</a> - to specify the number of bytes that should be written to a log before it needs to be rotated. Unless specified, there is no limit to the number of bytes that can be written to a log file.