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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:49:23 -0600
To: Donnie Jones <donniejones18@yahoo.com>,
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From: jacks@sage-american.com
Subject: Re: IPFM ( IP Flow Meter) log rotation.
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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
>
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Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Server Admin

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