Re: logrotation
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 03:12:07PM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote:
> I find the ".log" extension redundant here. After all, it's a
> log directory, right? It's like having /bin/ls.bin ... Reminds me
> of .exe extensions too much.
But, it is very usefull in that it allows one to do:
cd /var/log
tail -f *.log
ie. tail all logfiles, until shell expansion allows me to tail
everything except *.gz haveing a common extension is usefull.
Just my 2p worth.
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