Hi! * vr <debian-u...@iotk.net> wrote: > I'd like to have the date in the file names so visually I'll know > what span is in each file. > > Can this be done? (put dates into the file name) Depends. See the other posts about logrotate > Should this be done? (put the date into the file name) No clue
> If you're doing something like this already, how did you do it? I am logging to syslog (the protocol) and replaced syslog (the package) with syslog-ng. syslog-ng can be configured to do this: destination df_syslog { file("/var/log/$HOST/$YEAR/$MONTH/$DAY/syslog" template("$ISODATE $HOST $MSG\n") owner(root) group(root) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes)); }; This is a snipped that configures a file in a directory-structure matching the hostname and the date (you should be able to guess the details...) http://www.syslog.org/syslog-ng/v2/ has some more examples. Timo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100517211206.ga5...@spinnennetz.org