Re: Message files not rotating

2006-08-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 05:23:13PM +, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > On Sunday 06 August 2006 09:43 pm, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 02:31:40PM +, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > > > I discovered that /var/log/messages is 428.6 MB on my IBM R40 > > > laptop running Sarge. I see /va

Re: Message files not rotating

2006-08-06 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:13:32PM +, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > On Monday 07 August 2006 12:20 am, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 17:23:13 +, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > > > On Sunday 06 August 2006 09:43 pm, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 02:31:40PM +

Re: Message files not rotating

2006-08-06 Thread Elmer E. Dow
On Monday 07 August 2006 12:20 am, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 17:23:13 +, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > > On Sunday 06 August 2006 09:43 pm, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 02:31:40PM +, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > > > > I discovered that /var/log/messages

Re: Message files not rotating

2006-08-06 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 17:23:13 +, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > On Sunday 06 August 2006 09:43 pm, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 02:31:40PM +, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > > > I discovered that /var/log/messages is 428.6 MB on my IBM R40 > > > laptop running Sarge. I see /var/

Re: Message files not rotating

2006-08-06 Thread Elmer E. Dow
On Sunday 06 August 2006 09:43 pm, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 02:31:40PM +, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > > I discovered that /var/log/messages is 428.6 MB on my IBM R40 > > laptop running Sarge. I see /var/log/messages.1.gz, to > > messages.6.gz. None of those are more than

Re: Message files not rotating

2006-08-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 02:31:40PM +, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > I discovered that /var/log/messages is 428.6 MB on my IBM R40 laptop > running Sarge. I see /var/log/messages.1.gz, to messages.6.gz. None > of those are more than 302 KB and they're a year old. Syslog is in > a similar situation. O