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oh...i realize I just assumed the distro your using set it up already. Usually with RedHat (which is what i use) its already setup and you'd only need to edit files in /etc/logrotate.d. A good indication of logrotate running is if you see .1, .2, .3 versions of some of the system log files generated. Well if its not setup then yes youd have to set it up in cron:-) epike > > Really? I though you would need to set up something in cronjob. The man > page says this: "Normally, logrotate is run as a daily cron job" > LOGROTATE(8) > > Naresh. > > On 2002年12月23日 epike@isinet.com wrote: > > > no i wouldnt do that..... > > setup /etc/logrotate.conf and /etc/logrotate.d properly. > > there are schedules in logrotate.d properly (weekly,daily,etc). > > > > logrotate itself is already being called (somehow) by cron. > > > > jondz > > > > > > > > > > Cool! I got it working. Would you put the same entry in the crontab, for > > > example. > > > > > > 0 0 1 * * /usr/sbin/logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf > > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > Naresh > > > > > > On 2002年12月23日 epike@isinet.com wrote: > > > > > > > logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf will do it, but it will > > > > do a forced logrotation. So if your schedule is weekly, > > > > all those logs will rotate right now. > > > > > > > > I use this since I dont mind a forced rotation anyway. > > > > > > > > e pike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i have very large log files, so I decided to setup logrotate. I believe I > > > > > set up everything up fine, and now I want to test it. What is the best way > > > > > to do this, so I know its working. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Naresh > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > > > Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > > General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > > Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug > _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug