On Saturday 04 August 2007 09:29, Jakob wrote: > > from LOGROTATE(8): > > > > Here is more information on the directives which may be included in a > > logrotate configuration file: > > > > [...] > > > > copy Make a copy of the log file, but don't change the original at > > all. This option can be used, for instance, to make a > > snapshot of the current log file, or when some other utility needs to > > truncate or pare the file. When this option is used, the create option > > will have no effect, as the old log file stays in place. -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > Thanks for that, I deleated copy, but it seams that the problem stays :-(
Look for a dead.letter file in /root which may contain any errors of the
logrotate script. In my system there is /etc/logrotate.d/syslog-ng which
contains:
===================================
#
$Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.logrotate,v
1.2 2004/07/18 02:25:02 dragonheart Exp $
#
# Syslog-ng logrotate snippet for Gentoo Linux
# contributed by Michael Sterrett
#
/var/log/messages {
sharedscripts
postrotate
/etc/init.d/syslog-ng reload > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
endscript
}
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It seems to rotate the messages log file fine and create compressed backups
within /var/log. If you have both scripts then there may be a conflict which
would probably be captured in dead.letter.
HTH.
--
Regards,
Mick
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