waskita adijarto wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:48:09 -0500 (EST)
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: waskita adijarto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: qmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Estes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: log rotation
> > 
> > Is there a way to make cyclog use a bit more intuitive file name?
> > @4937823749383 and @43948389393 just don't do it for me.
> 
> from 'man cyclog':
>  The  name of a log file is the TAI timestamp when the file
>  was started.  The mode of the file is 444 if it  has  been
>  safely  written  to  disk, 644 otherwise.  A log file that
>  has not been written to disk is not guaranteed to  survive
>  a system crash.
> 
> you can use 'tailocal' to make the filename a little bit more intuitive.
> don't forget to remove the '@' first.

Maybe what he really wanted was a different format of file name
such as 1999-1112-2200 or some such thing.  That way he can archive
logs and go back and find a specific one by it's date and time.

-- 
Phil Howard | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  phil      | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
      at    | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  ipal      | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
     dot    | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  net       | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to