I don t think so.
This is taken from my /var/log/messages

Sep  5 04:19:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 04:39:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 04:59:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 05:19:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 05:39:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 05:59:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 06:19:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 06:39:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 06:59:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 07:19:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 07:39:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 07:59:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 08:19:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 08:39:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 08:59:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 09:19:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 09:39:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 09:59:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 10:19:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 10:39:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 10:59:21 d169 -- MARK --
Sep  5 11:19:21 d169 -- MARK --

my system clock says now : Sun Sep  5 15:52:46 CEST 1999

one thing is strange, I came back on my machine at about 11:30 (I did not log off) and from this time, no MARK!
 

Jean-Michel Dault wrote:

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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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] log file : /var/log/messages
>
> 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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> >   Frederic PLE
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> >
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>   Frederic PLE
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