Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:38:46 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newsyslogwithdate-extension-logfiles Message-ID: <20031206143846.01bfe5ce.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20031206101611.GA21554@brenner.msresearch.org> References: <20031206101611.GA21554@brenner.msresearch.org>
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:16:12 +0100 michael <michael@nettmail.de> wrote: > Now i have the wish that the 'newsyslog' uses date-extensions > in the 'rotated' logfiles. > eg: > > messages.0.gz should be messages.20031206.gz and so on... > > or any other extension that will give the date in the name of file? > > is this possible with the newsyslog? > I think no! And why? Maybe you need to think about your question again. Why is it that you wish the files to be named with a date? That is, what are you going to use it for? Remember, it is quite easy to make a little script that will find the date of a file from a 'ls -l' (or something like that) command. Will that help you? -- Yours, Torfinn Ingolfsen Norway
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