> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files > > > > > > > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 12:43, Angus Auld wrote: > > > > > Greetings, another newbie question. :-) > > > > > This is something I have been wondering about for awhile. Is there > > > > > a program on my Mdk system that looks after log files? To keep them > > > > > from getting too large? Or is there a ceiling on how big these > > > > > files can get? Seems like wasted space after a while. SNIP > > > > The program is called logrotate. If you leave your computer on overnight > > Mandrake has automatically set cron to do the rotate once a week at 4am. > > The config files are in /etc/logrotate.d/. For more info open your > > terminal and "man logrotate". > > > > Someone else my have already answered this but i have been horsing with > > my kmail threading and don't know whic list mails i have glanced at and > > deleted. -- > > Michael > > ********************************************************************** > > Thanks ppl for all the valuable info. All stuff I didn't > know............wasn't such a dumb question after all. ;-) > > I'll leave my comp on overnight and let logrotate do it's thing. > > All the best. > > > --Angus
You can always change the time logrotate runs. Either use Webmin, or directly edit /etc/crontab. Logrotate runs daily, so all you have to do is modify the entry for cron.daily. 56 10 * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily This entry means run at "10:56 am, every day, every week" derek
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