Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:49:23 -0600 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: Donnie Jones <donniejones18@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFM ( IP Flow Meter) log rotation. Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20011213104923.03dc67c8@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <20011213155443.59205.qmail@web20604.mail.yahoo.com>
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Have you tried not using the wildcard for one thing... why not use the exact log name...??? At 07:54 AM 12.13.2001 -0800, Donnie Jones wrote: >Heya, > >I am trying to set up newsyslog to rotate my logs >for IPFM to keep my /var partition from filling up. > >The problem is that I can't get newsyslog to recognize >the filenames for the IPFM log files. > >newsyslog.conf: ># logfilename [owner:group] mode count >size when [ZB] [/pid_file] [sig_num] > >/var/log/ipfm/*.log 600 12 100 * Z >/var/log/ipfm/%d-%b.%H-%M-internet.log 600 12 100 > * Z > >ipfm.conf: ># IPFM logging rules >DEVICE fxp0 >LOG >FILENAME /var/log/ipfm/%d-%b.%H-%M-internet.log >TIME 1 minute > >This is the command I am running: > >newsyslog -n -v -F -a /home/logs/ > >and the output: > >/var/log/ipfm/*.log <12Z>: does not exist. >/var/log/ipfm/%d-%b.%H-%M-internet.log <12Z>: does >not exist. > > >It seems that newsyslog will not recognize the * in >a filename. > >Any ideas how I could get newsyslog to recognize these >files without having to take away the date from the >IPFM log filename. > >Thanks. > >-Donnie > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of >your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com >or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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