On Sat, Aug 02, 2014 at 12:16:31AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > I'm just updating my build scripts. For years I have used a simple > >script to do log rotation, so now I am going to try the logrotate > >package. Looking at the creation of /etc/logrotate.conf we have the > >following: > > > ># Don't send mail to anybody > >nomail > > > > I read that comment as "logrotate should not send mail about its > >operation to anybody", which is not necessarily what I want > >(although I think I'm going to get a report from fcron). But looking > >at an online manpage, and the link to techrepublic.com, the command > >appears to mean "Do not mail old logs (which are about to be deleted) > >to anybody" and that is proobably what I want. > > > > Am I right that the comment is misleading, or have I misunderstood > >it ? > > I'm not sure if the mail command is for mailing files before deleting or > just a status of operation. We don't generally go into the details of > configuration files but instead give a fairly minimal config file that > works. > > The man page says it is used to send files. See also the mailfirst and > maillast directives. > > -- Bruce > I'm believing the man page (I have not even built the package), which is why I would prefer the comment to say # Don't mail logs to anybody
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