Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:37:10 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (Free BSD Questions list) Subject: Re: Local additions to periodic actions? Message-ID: <32288.945873430@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Dec 1999 09:14:54 EST." <199912221414.GAA22069@netcom.com>
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On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 09:14:54 EST, Stan Brown wrote: > Since /var/log/messages is rotated (daily ?), I need to > synchronize my cjecks with this, or I might miss some logs. I > looke around in /etc/periodic, and I am a bit puzzled. First I > did not see the specifc script that dealt with the rotating of > these logs. Am I overlooking it? Yes. :-) Most of the logfiles in /var/log are rotated by the newsyslog(8) command, which is run periodically out of cron(8). > Second, how can I add something lcal here, in a fashinon that will not > be overwritten by a "make world"? Since ``make world'' doesn't touch your /etc directory, anything you do in there should survive. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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