On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Mike Vanecek wrote:
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> From: Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:14:51 +0100
> Subject: Re: logrotate lastlog
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> > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 19:25:18 -0600, Mike Vanecek wrote:
> >
> > > The /var/log/lastlog file on my RH 8 install seems to be growing
> > > without limit.
> >
> > Really? How large is it? Run
> >
> > du -h /var/log/lastlog
> >
> > to find out.
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> I moved it last night until I had time to check it out.
>
> [admin@www admin]$ ls -alh /var/log/last*
> -r-------- 1 root root 143K Jan 24 07:59 /var/log/lastlog
> -r-------- 1 root root 18M Jan 23 20:22 /var/log/lastlog.1
>
> [admin@www admin]$ du -h /var/log/lastlog.1
> 48K /var/log/lastlog.1
>
> [admin@www admin]$ du -h /var/log/lastlog
> 12K /var/log/lastlog
>
> Somehow 48K <> 18M and 143K <> 12K; sorta inconsistent?
>
> Which is correct?
Both are :) The lastlog file is full of holes (which don't take actual
diskspace at all) due to its file format. Basically it means:
- the file's largest offset is at ~18 MB
- the real disk space taken by it is 12KB
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