I'm not so worried about that. I'm monitoring Windows NT logs being sent to
the syslog port on my system and I want to be able to close or delete a log
file when an error is found so that the log file can be checked again with
fresh data.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dominic Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 11:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Rotating logs
Your log should be rotated on a regular basis with a cron job that
occurs by default on redhat systems around 4am, unless your
computer is closed which is what I suspect.
The time the scripts are run is in the file /etc/crontab :
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=dominic
HOME=/
# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
To change options on the rotation of the log process "weekly" vs
"daily","compress" or "uncompress", how many backlogs to keep, etc
see the file /etc/logrotate.conf and man logrotate.
Cheers,
Dominic.
Mike Illian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there a command in that will let me roatate my syslogs on a
> regular basis?
>
> Or do I need to create a cron job that will stop syslog, rename my
>
> log file, and then start syslog back up?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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