Re: [PLUG] Testing logrotate

[epike@isinet.com]

oh...i realize I just assumed the distro your using set it up 
already.  Usually with RedHat (which is what i use) its 
already setup and  you'd only need to edit files
in /etc/logrotate.d.  A good indication of logrotate running is
if you see .1, .2, .3 versions of some of the system log files
generated.  Well if its not setup then yes youd have to set it
up in cron:-)

epike


> 
> Really? I though you would need to set up something in cronjob. The man
> page says this: "Normally, logrotate is run as a daily cron job"
> LOGROTATE(8)
> 
> Naresh.
> 
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 epike@isinet.com wrote:
> 
> > no i wouldnt do that.....
> > setup /etc/logrotate.conf and /etc/logrotate.d properly.
> > there are schedules in logrotate.d properly (weekly,daily,etc).
> >
> > logrotate itself is already being called (somehow) by cron.
> >
> > jondz
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Cool! I got it working. Would you put the same entry in the crontab, for
> > > example.
> > >
> > > 0 0 1 * * /usr/sbin/logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf
> > >
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Naresh
> > >
> > > On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 epike@isinet.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf will do it, but it will
> > > > do a forced logrotation.  So if your schedule is weekly,
> > > > all those logs will rotate right now.
> > > >
> > > > I use this since I dont mind a forced rotation anyway.
> > > >
> > > > e pike
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > i have very large log files, so I decided to setup logrotate. I believe I
> > > > > set up everything up fine, and now I want to test it. What is the best way
> > > > > to do this, so I know its working.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Naresh
> > > >
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