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Asked: 2009-08-25 07:27:49 +0800 CST

How to use wildcards within logrotate configuration files

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I have the following configuration that is not working:

1) Using rsyslog with Centos 5. 2) Inside /etc/logrotate.d I have the file sj-piers-logs.

SJ-PIERS-LOGS:

/syslogrep/sjpiers-logs/0* {
weekly
missingok
notifempty
dateext
copytruncate
compress
olddir /syslogbackup/sjpiers-logs/backup
rotate 96
}

4) logrotate.conf have the default configuration:

LOGROTATE.CONF

weekly
rotate 4
create
include /etc/logrotate.d
/var/log/wtmp {
    monthly
    minsize 1M
    create 0664 root utmp
    rotate 1
}

5) Syslogs are sent by network devices to /syslogrep. I want to rotate the log file, compress and move it to /syslogbackup.

I was told that the error reside in the use of wildcards in sj-piers-logs file but it seems that I can use them according the the man page. What I'm doing wrong?

linux

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Try a test run with 

     logrotate -f -d /etc/logrotate.conf

    It will provide you with an error message, or you can further investigate the logrotate configuration.

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  2. One potential problem is if your olddir doesn't exist or has the wrong permissions. It will not be handled by missingok.

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