Re: [gentoo-user] [lame logrotate Q]

[Dale]

Harry Putnam wrote:
> Can anyone show me how to write a logrotate rule that will rotate on
> either size or age?
>
> I use some very simple scripting for yrs but don't really see how to
> rotate on more than one condition.
>
> I'd like to rotate a certain log weekly or over 7000k and keep no more
> than 12 rotations for whatever reason.
>
> /var/log/debug.log {
>    create 0600 reader wheel
>     weekly || size=7000k
>     rotate 12
>     postrotate
>       /etc/init.d/rsyslog reload > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
>     endscript
> }
>
> Is clearly NOT the right way to go.
>
> Any know how to do it?
>

man logrotate has a few examples that may help.  Here is one.

       "/var/log/httpd/access.log" /var/log/httpd/error.log {
           rotate 5
           mail www@××.org
           size 100k
           sharedscripts
           postrotate
               /usr/bin/killall -HUP httpd
           endscript
       }


I notice that the size part is on its own line which may be the issue.

Dale

:-)  :-)