Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Joe Auty <[email protected]> writes: > >> Hello, >> >> I have the following entry for dealing with my Apache log files: >> >> /var/log/httpd/* 644 2 * $M1D0 GBJ >> /var/run/httpd.pid 30 >> >> >> Unfortunately, this has created these big long log files such as the >> following: >> >> httpderror_log.2.bz2.2.bz2.2.bz2.1.bz2.1.bz2.1.bz2.0.bz2 >> >> How can I prevent these dumb log file names from being created? > > Don't use wildcards in newsyslog.conf. > > What's happening is "httperror_log.2.bz2" gets rotated into > "httperror_log.2.baz2.1.bz2", because it matches the filename > glob you specified.
Aha! That makes sense... What alternatives are there then so that I don't have to type in log file paths for each of my virtually hosted domains? How about: /var/log/httpd/*_log would this work? -- Joe Auty, NetMusician NetMusician helps musicians, bands and artists create beautiful, professional, custom designed, career-essential websites that are easy to maintain and to integrate with popular social networks. www.netmusician.org <http://www.netmusician.org> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
