Hi there, the two values are just variables used to do this:
The "s" command is used to specify the maximum size of each file before it gets renamed, and the "n"> command to specify the maximum number of old log files which may exist before they are deleted. For example... multilog t n16 s1048576 ./main This allows each file to grow up to 1MB (1048576 bytes) and allows up to 16 files to exist before the oldest files are deleted. So, the way you currently have it, you could have 'logcount' files of a 'logsize' file size before overwriting old log data, Your main problem is going to be that neither of these values has anything whatsoever to do with timestamps - how far your log reaches into the past totally depends on the amount of data logged. You could try setting logcount to something *really* large, though and then periodically delete all log files older than the desired amount of time logged... like: find /path/to/files* -mtime +30 -delete Martin -- Martin Waschbüsch IT-Dienstleistungen Lautensackstr. 16 80687 München Telefon: +49 89 57005708 Fax: +49 89 57868023 Mobil: +49 170 2189794 mar...@waschbuesch.de http://martin.waschbuesch.de Am 12.10.2010 um 18:44 schrieb PJF: > Hi, > > I need to keep at least 1 month of all mail logs, everything that logs via: > > /var/qmail/supervise/*/log > > I'm hoping I can use something like logrotate to rotate out logfiles, or > have the same functionality of rotated out logs... > > Looking at the log/run files I see it reads some settings for multilog from: > > LOGSIZE=`cat /var/qmail/control/logsize` > LOGCOUNT=`cat /var/qmail/control/logcount` > > Should I just up the logsize? I've got plenty of disk space. > > I'm going over the miltilog man page and it is not obvious to me what the > most efficient way of accomplishing this is :) > > Any suggestions or a point in the right direction would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > PJF > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
