Re: OT: While we're talking about logrotate (was: Re: Error with logrotate.)

[rhkramer@gmail.com]

PS: I do (now) recall that one of the descriptions of how to do what I wanted 
was in an old (online) issue of Dr. Dobbs, and I spent a fair amount of time 
trying to get that one to do what I wanted, but it refused to cooperate ;-)

On Tuesday, August 13, 2019 07:58:16 AM rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> While we're talking about logrotate, I'd like to ask if anyone else has
> seen (and solved) the problem I had with logrotate.
> 
> There were times in the past when I wanted to do things like keep a log (or
> a backup of one or more files) something like this: 7 daily logs for one
> week, then 4 (or 5) weekly logs for one month, then, 12 monthly logs for
> one year (and, ideally, in some circumstances, n yearly logs forever).
> 
> I found various descriptions of how (iiuc) I could make logrotate do that
> for me, but they never worked correctly for me.  (I forget the exact
> problem, it may have been that they would not, for example, delete (or
> overwrite), for example, the daily logs -- but, as I say, I really don't
> remember the problem, just that I couldn't get it to work.)
> 
> If this rings the bell for anyone, and you had a similar problem and found
> the solution, I'd appreciate any hints you can offer.  (If you think the
> solutions on the web "just work", then you probably haven't encountered
> the problem I found.)
> 
> Thanks!