I appreciate that this is an old bug, however it'd be really useful to do (looks like it's as simple as putting the logrotate script in /etc/cron.hourly rather than /etc/cron.daily.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to logrotate in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1249822 Title: Logrotate doesn't run hourly in Ubuntu 13.04 Status in logrotate package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: As per https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+question/238977 I am now creating a bug: I am currently experiencing some issues with logrotate, and running them hourly. After some investigation I found the following: /etc/crontab: # m h dom mon dow user command 17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 25 6 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly ) 52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly ) ls /etc/cron.daily/ logrotate ls /etc/cron.hourly/ # empty I think that means the following logrotate will not work: ls /etc/logrotate.d/nginx /var/log/nginx/*.log { hourly # (...) } root@wilmut:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 13.04 Release: 13.04 root@wilmut:~# apt-cache policy logrotate logrotate: Installed: 3.8.3-3ubuntu2 Candidate: 3.8.3-3ubuntu2 Version table: *** 3.8.3-3ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Is there a reason why logrotate is not set to run hourly in Ubuntu? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logrotate/+bug/1249822/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
