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I have a script running as a cronjob It outputs logs upon each run to /var/log/mylog.log Is there anyway I can delete this or compress it when it gets too ...
  1. 04-09-2011 #1
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    How to automatically delete log files?

    I have a script running as a cronjob

    It outputs logs upon each run to /var/log/mylog.log

    Is there anyway I can delete this or compress it when it gets too large?

    A cheap and dirty way is to setup another cronjob to delete the log every X interval.... although I'm not sure if that's the proper way

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    man logrotate
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    logrotate should compress and remove log files automatically:

    logrotate

    Code:
    man logrotate


    oops, looks like Irithori was quicker than me on the ENTER key.
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    Thanks guys! This looks like what I was looking for

    Is there a way to view all the logs that are currently maintained by logrotate? For example, the command "crontab -e" lets you view all the cronjobs for a particular user. Is there an equivalent for logrotate?

    Also... Am I correct in assuming that all logs under /var/log/ are automatically maintained by logrotate?
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