On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 10:48 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote: > I would like most if not all of my logs to contain just the current day > data and then archive them compressed for 7 days back. > > To give an example: > > syslog = today > > syslog.0 = yesterday > .... > syslog.6 = a week ago > > and then erase the older than .6 > > I must confess that the logrotate stuff got me totally lost :( > > Any help please ? That's what happens automatically when I installed sysklogd. $ dir /var/log/syslog* -rw-r----- 1 root adm 868892 2005-01-30 04:12 /var/log/syslog -rw-r----- 1 root adm 896752 2005-01-29 06:25 /var/log/syslog.0 -rw-r----- 1 root adm 104385 2005-01-28 06:25 /var/log/syslog.1.gz -rw-r----- 1 root adm 111704 2005-01-27 06:25 /var/log/syslog.2.gz -rw-r----- 1 root adm 134459 2005-01-26 06:25 /var/log/syslog.3.gz -rw-r----- 1 root adm 150227 2005-01-25 06:25 /var/log/syslog.4.gz -rw-r----- 1 root adm 105431 2005-01-24 06:25 /var/log/syslog.5.gz -rw-r----- 1 root adm 86099 2005-01-23 06:25 /var/log/syslog.6.gz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Peace won by compromise is usually a short-lived achievement." Winfield Scott (?)
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