Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 11:44:10 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: System Administrator <root@fledge.watson.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: /etc/monthly, /etc/daily -- log rotation Message-ID: <9605011544.AA29643@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960501104623.22525A-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960501104623.22525A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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<<On Wed, 1 May 1996 10:48:35 -0400 (EDT), System Administrator <root@fledge.watson.org> said: > rotate /var/log/maillog 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 > rotate /var/log/wtmp 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 > rotate /var/log/popper 4 3 2 1 0 They should have used `jot'. :-) > Etc. It seems a lot more modular and configurable, etc. It certainly > makes the script files seem more readable -- maybe we should consider > adopting a similar rotate call? Well, we've got this `newsyslog' program, but none of my systems are recent-enough installs to use it. I don't know if it's capable of handling non-syslog-generated files. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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