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# from http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/logrorate.txt
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When installing sysklogd, the LFS book defines some predefined log files in
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"/etc/syslog.conf". We can rotate those files by adding their definitions to
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logrotate.conf. So, to add them, run this command:
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for logfile in $(find /var/log/* -type f); do
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echo "$logfile {" >> /etc/logrotate.conf
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echo "# If the log file is larger" \
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"than 100kb, rotate it" >> /etc/logrotate.conf"
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echo " size=100k" >> /etc/logrotate.conf
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echo "}" >> /etc/logrotate.conf
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echo "" >> /etc/logrotate.conf
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done
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For details on editing this file, see logrotate(8).
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Logrotate as a Cron job
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=======================
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You can run logrotate just issuing "/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf"
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but in this case, you should run that command by yourself, every day (or
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week, or month...), if you want the program to work properly. This can be
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very annoying :-).
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Instead, you can run it as a cron job. For the further configuration,
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I will assume that you have installed Fcron from the BLFS book.
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Create a /etc/fcrontab file by issuing this command:
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cat >> /etc/fcrontab << EOF
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0 12 * * * 0 /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
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EOF
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This will make fcron execute logrotate once a week, on Sunday, at noon.
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For details on editing fcrontab, refer to fcrontab(1).
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You will need the "check_system_crontabs" script from the fcron sources. If
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you haven't installed it, do it by issuing:
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tar xzf fcron-3.0.1.tar.gz
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cp -v fcron-3.0.1/scripts/check_system_crontabs /usr/sbin
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Then run the script:
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check_system_crontabs -v
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For help, type this:
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check_system_crontabs -h
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
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* Alexander E. Patrakov, for pointing me for the BLFS
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version of
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popt (Before I used the popt included in Slackware 10.1)
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VERSION: 1.1
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CHANGELOG: 1.00 First release
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1.1 Corrected popt section, fixed typos.
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