Date: Wed, 10 May 95 12:50:11 EST From: clary@elec.uq.oz.au (Clary Harridge) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Compression and rotation of log files Message-ID: <9505100250.AA08299@s1.elec.uq.oz.au>
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How about using something like the following shell script for saving space
when the log files get rotated in daily and weekly cron scripts?
/etc/weekly
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#echo "Rotating messages:"
/usr/local/etc/Rotate messages /var/log
# if you want mode other than 600
chmod 644 messages
kill -1 `cat /var/run/syslog.pid`
#echo "Rotating cron log:"
/usr/local/etc/Rotate log /var/cron
#echo ""
#echo "Rebuilding locate database:"
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#! /bin/sh
# C.H. 2 Nov 92
# Rotate log files after compressing them
#
# Usage: Rotate file directory
#
DIR=/var/log
case $# in
1)
;;
2)
DIR=$2
;;
*)
echo usage: ' Rotate file [directory]'
exit
;;
esac
#
cd $DIR
#
if [ -f $1 ]
then
/usr/bin/gzip -f $1
fi
rm -f $1.7.gz
for i in 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
do
j=`expr "$i" + 1`
if [ -f $1.$i.gz ]
then
mv $1.$i.gz $1.$j.gz
fi
done
if [ -f $1.gz ]
then
mv $1.gz $1.0.gz
fi
case $DIR in
*inetd)
;;
*)
cp /dev/null $1
chmod 600 $1
;;
esac
cd /
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