Re: logrotate and bzip2, bz2 on woody stable rotation problem [solved]

[xavier <list.debian-user@natch.dyndns.org>]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:52:36PM -0400, xavier wrote:
> 
> Hi, I've a problem with logrotate and bzip2,
> logrotate wont rotate my file !...
> 
> 
> $ logrotate -v :
> 
> rotating file /var/log/syslog
> log needs rotating
> compressing previous log with: /usr/bin/bzip2 --best '/var/log/syslog.1'
> bzip2: Output file /var/log/syslog.1.bz2 already exists.
> failed to compress previous log /var/log/syslog.1
> file /var/log/syslog.401.bz2 doesn't exist -- won't try dispose of it
> 



i don't know how it came here, but /var/log/syslog.1.bz2 should not exist.
syslog, syslog.1, syslog.2.bz2 are acceptable values. 

i renamed it.


> 
> logrotate.conf : 
> 
> # uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
> compress
> delaycompress
> compresscmd /usr/bin/bzip2
> compressoptions --best
> compressext .bz2
> 
> 
> 
> /var/log/syslog {
>    rotate 400
>    size=10M
>    compress
> }
> 
> ii  logrotate      3.5.9-8        Log rotation utility 
> 
> any clues ?
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> -- 
> xavier
> 
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xavier