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> Look for a dead.letter file in /root which may contain any errors of the |
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> logrotate script. In my system there is /etc/logrotate.d/syslog-ng which |
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> contains: |
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> =================================== |
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> # |
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> $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.logrotate,v |
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> 1.2 2004/07/18 02:25:02 dragonheart Exp $ |
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> # |
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> # Syslog-ng logrotate snippet for Gentoo Linux |
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> # contributed by Michael Sterrett |
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> # |
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> |
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> /var/log/messages { |
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> sharedscripts |
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> postrotate |
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> /etc/init.d/syslog-ng reload > /dev/null 2>&1 || true |
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> endscript |
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> } |
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> =================================== |
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> |
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> It seems to rotate the messages log file fine and create compressed backups |
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> within /var/log. If you have both scripts then there may be a conflict which |
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> would probably be captured in dead.letter. |
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> |
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> HTH. |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> Mick |
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> |
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Thanks for that hint, but there was nothing about logrotate in dead.letter. |
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logrotate itself works fine for me but I want the messages file erased |
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after rotating and start with a new file and that doesn't work. |
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any more ideas? |
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Regards |
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Jakob |
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