Hi Josef
I am still struggling with logrotate so I would be interested in anything
you are doing with cronolog (can't find any docs on this!)
Best regards, Brian
> HI,
>
> how does logrotate compare to cronolog? Any ideas?
> I have always thought that cronolog is the best for most situations...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josef D.
>
>
> On Mon, 22 May 2000, Karel Kerezman wrote:
>
> > >Thanks for your reply - The simpler the better...OK, I think I follow
> > >your suggestion. Below I have listed my appended contents of
> > >/etc/cron.daily/logrotate.conf.
> >
> > My /etc/cron.daily/logrotate file looks like this:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > /usr/bin/analog
> > /usr/bin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
> >
> > The log rotation is being handled by the logrotate utility, using the
> > params given in /etc/logrotate.conf, and I'm running analog right ahead
> > of that so logs aren't "in transit" when I'm trying to parse data.
> >
> > >Could I please ask you (or anyone) to knidly check if this is alright?
> > >One thing in particular, the '/sbin/killall -HUP httpd' command is
> > >given as an example in the man logrotate file. Is this required??
> >
> > Basically what that command is doing is saying to httpd (the Apache
> > daemon) in this case "Okay, let go of the files for a moment and
> > reattach to them because you've got a fresh new log file to work with."
> > The -HUP signal is designed to 'soft-restart' a particular process,
> > generally used when there's been a change to its config file(s).
> >
> > >
> > >---APPENDED TO THE BOTTOM OF LOAGROTATE.CONF---
> > ># system-specific logs may be configured here
> > ># Added by BC 22/5/00
> >
> > [snipped for space]
> >
> > >-----------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >All I then need to do is set company-domains.cfg:
> > >LOGFILE /home/httpd/company-domains.net/logs/combined_log.1
> > >
> > >i.e. pointing to the rotated log file (which souldn't be compressed
> > >until the next rotation)? If this is right, it is a very neat solution.
> >
> > I'm going to guess that you're dealing with virtual hosts? I freely
> > admit that I have no experience in this area. I'm using only the stock
> > access_log file that lives in /var/log/httpd as per the stock RedHat
> > install. If I'm reading what you're doing correctly, though, it ought to
> > work. Be prepared for someone much smarter than I am to offer a better
> > suggestion, though.
> >
> >
> > Karel P Kerezman
> > Network Administrator
> > Entercom Radio Portland
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