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Re: rsyslog adding old entries again



On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 01:21:38PM +0100, mj wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm sure this is a faq, but I cannot find the answer. :-(
> 
> On debian 9, rsyslog with some rules to log to certain specific files.
> 
> Now: when I:
> - stop rsyslog
> - delete those specific log files

Which files do you delete? How do you do it?

> - reboot my server
> 
> I would expect to find only *new* and *recent* log lines in those files.
> 
> However: old entries are appearing also, up to weeks ago. So it
> seems rsyslog actually noticies that those entries are not in the
> files, and adds them again.

I don't think rsyslog is doing that :-)

It might look /as if/ rsyslog did that. That's why I asked for
some details. So the more details you provide, the easier to
solve the puzzle.

Cheers
-- tomás

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