I think that when there is a -- MARK -- that means the file has been
processed by the "logrotate" program, but either was too small or not old
enough to rotate.
Jean-Michel Dault
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On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Frederic PLE wrote:
> Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 12:55:19 +0200
> From: Frederic PLE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Re: [expert] log file : /var/log/messages
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> Rehi
>
> Another question:
> I can see in my /var/log/messages some lines like :
> Sep 5 09:19:21 <my hostname> -- MARK --
>
> I don't know the meaning of that ...
>
> Any clue ?
>
>
> Frederic PLE wrote:
>
> > Hi again.
> >
> > I would like to know why sometimes I have new files in /var/log called messages.1
>messages.2 etc ?
> > Should I understand that regularly the system makes a backup called messages.x and
>reset the messages file ?
> >
> >
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