Re: Fwd: newsyslog.conf / rotating logs based on size AND time

2008-09-22 Thread Don Read
On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:25:39 +0200 Zbigniew Szalbot said: > Hello all, > > Would anyone want to comment if it is possible to rotate logs with > newsyslog based on size and time (using FBSD 7.0-Release)? > > Many thanks! Have you considered using a separate .conf file? cat /etc/crontab ... # Rot

Re: newsyslog.conf / rotating logs based on size AND time

2008-08-07 Thread Garance A Drosehn
At 10:17 AM +0200 8/5/08, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: My question is how can I make sure the logs are rotated when they grow too large AND they are also rotated at a specified point in time (start of a new month). I am reading man newsyslog.conf and it says: If the when field contains an asterisk

Re: newsyslog.conf / rotating logs based on size AND time

2008-08-07 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:12:45 -0400, Garance A Drosehn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't looked closely at newsyslog in awhile. I started to > write up a reply to you, but in a quick test newsyslog does not > seem to be working the way that I expected it to work. It might > just be th

newsyslog.conf / rotating logs based on size AND time

2008-08-05 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hi there, I have the following rule in /etc/newsyslog.conf var/log/*-access.log 644 1224000$W2D11 GZC /var/run/httpd.pid 30 I am trying to see if I can specify to rotate logs when they are larger then 24MB AND at the start of each month (for testing purposes I entered