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From: Donnie Jones <donniejones18@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: IPFM ( IP Flow Meter) log rotation.
To: jacks@sage-american.com
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--- jacks@sage-american.com wrote:
> 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.
> > 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I did try the exact log name as shown above.  But the
filename for the log file will change with the
date,minute, and hour of when the log file is written.

Do you see my problem now?

> > 
> >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
> 
> Best regards,
> Jack L. Stone,
> Server Admin
> 
> Sage-American
> http://www.sage-american.com
> jacks@sage-american.com


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