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Subject: Re: newsyslog.conf and Apache log files
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07.10.2010 20:26, Joe Auty wrote:
> 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?

/var/log/httpd/*_log would suffice.

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