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From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:29:53 +0000
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Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files> > > > 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 > *********************************************************************** Thanks for that explanation Derek! I learned a ton of things by asking a question that I felt was maybe a bit lame. I wanted to know, and now I'm very glad I asked. I left my comp on last night, and I see that everything has been tidied up in /var/log. Super! I may change the runtime of cron.daily like you suggest. Am I right to assume that the time is indicated in a 24hr manner? (8pm would be 00 20?) I'm not in the habit of leaving my computer on continously, so I wonder if if it would be a good idea to change the runtime of cron.weekly and cron.monthly too? Thanks again. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."--James Thurber *********************************************** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *********************************************** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *********************************************** -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze
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