Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:31:27 -0400 From: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newsyslog.conf and Apache log files Message-ID: <4CAE200F.9070202@netmusician.org> In-Reply-To: <4439sh507l.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <4CAE02AB.1090009@netmusician.org> <4439sh507l.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> writes: > >> Hello, >> >> I have the following entry for dealing with my Apache log files: >> >> /var/log/httpd/* 644 2 * $M1D0 GBJ >> /var/run/httpd.pid 30 >> >> >> Unfortunately, this has created these big long log files such as the >> following: >> >> httpderror_log.2.bz2.2.bz2.2.bz2.1.bz2.1.bz2.1.bz2.0.bz2 >> >> How can I prevent these dumb log file names from being created? > > Don't use wildcards in newsyslog.conf. > > What's happening is "httperror_log.2.bz2" gets rotated into > "httperror_log.2.baz2.1.bz2", because it matches the filename > glob you specified. Aha! That makes sense... What alternatives are there then so that I don't have to type in log file paths for each of my virtually hosted domains? How about: /var/log/httpd/*_log would this work? -- Joe Auty, NetMusician NetMusician helps musicians, bands and artists create beautiful, professional, custom designed, career-essential websites that are easy to maintain and to integrate with popular social networks. www.netmusician.org <http://www.netmusician.org>; joe@netmusician.org <mailto:joe@netmusician.org>
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