On 2006-02-07 05:07:39 -0600 (Tue, Feb), Harry Putnam wrote:
> I get this recurring error from /usr/sbin/run-crons. From logrote.
> But cannot quite see why it throws this error:
>
> error: stat of /home/reader/t/var/log/fw_log failed: \
> No such file or directory
>
> Well its true, there is no such file but my settings should cause
> logroate to `create' it, and it does not get created.
>
>
> The section of logrotate.con dealing with that is belwo, is it wrong
> in some way?
>
> /home/reader/t/var/log/fw_log {
> create 0600 reader users
> size=3000k
> rotate 15
> compress
> }First - does the DIRECTORY exist? Logrotate will not create directories. Second - you may want to use 'missingok' directive - this will prevent raising an error. 'create' directive means - 'after rotation, create new one' but does not mean - 'create if the file does not exist' -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by "grep -i virus $MESSAGE" Trust me.
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