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Subject: Re: newsyslog bizarreness
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Daren wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently removed a couple of lines from newsyslog.conf, and now every 
> hour I'm getting an email from cron telling me that newsyslog complained 
> about the lines which are now deleted!
> 
> There is definately only one config file, and if I run newsyslog from 
> command line, it exits without a problem and running it in verbose, it 
> doesn't see the two lines.  Is there something about the cronned 
> newsyslog that's different?
> 
> Oddly, the actual error is a mis-interpretation to do with the size 
> field (it is reading the time/date field).
> 
> Any ideas on this?
> 

Ok, sorry, forget that.

One very stupid oversight on my behalf! Sorted now.

Cheers
Daren