Re: system logs
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, john gennard wrote:
> I've decided to have a look at /var/log which over the months
> has become quite large. The man page for syslog.conf and
> /etc/syslog.conf I basically understand, but I can't find any
> config file which relates to the savelog program, yet files.0
> and .x.gz have been created in /var/log.
>
OUt of the box, logrotate daily creates new logs, gzips old logs and
delete logsfiles > .6.gz
> I have little use for a great deal of logging - just the last
> five or six days will be enough and that for fewer facilities
> and priorities than are covered at present. Hopefully, I'll
> be able to make something of logrotate.
>
> Can someone please explain how/where savelog operates from?
>
/etc/logrotate.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/*
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
> Thanks,
>
> John.
> .
>
>
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