Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-10 Thread RichardA
On Tuesday 10 December 2002 01:58, Angus Auld wrote: > Richard, does anacron need to be configured to do that, or is that > default behaviour? Default in 8.2, but I've just seen Derek Jennings say that's changed in 9.0. All I know is my laptop gets very excited if it hasn't been booted for a few

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-09 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: RichardA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 21:06:45 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files > On Monday 09 December 2002 05:02, Angus Auld wrote: > > I'll leave my comp on overnight and l

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-09 Thread RichardA
On Monday 09 December 2002 05:02, Angus Auld wrote: > I'll leave my comp on overnight and let logrotate do it's thing. > > All the best. > > --Angus > When you boot, anacron starts, works out which cron jobs have been missed, and runs them. So logrotate should happen for you the day after the

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-09 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 10:29:53 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files > > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files > > > > > > > >

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-09 Thread Derek Jennings
> > > 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 the

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-09 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 09 Dec 2002 2:01 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > 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 > > get

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 17:39:57 +1300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files > On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:18, Angus Auld wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From:

Re: [newbie] question about log files - OT a bit

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 13:18, Angus Auld wrote: > This list is sure a lot of fun. I never had half this much fun when I used that >"other OS". > > --Angus If you're on an email list and there isn't a slight bit of humor, then something's definitely wrong with the list. -- Mon Dec 9 13:30:00

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-08 Thread Angus Auld
- Original Message - From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 09 Dec 2002 13:01:20 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] question about log files > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 12:43, Angus Auld wrote: > > Greetings, another newbie question. :-) > >

Re: [newbie] question about log files

2002-12-08 Thread Stephen Kuhn
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