Re: [logs] Log rotation tools

From: Nate Campi (nateat_private)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 10:20:06 PDT

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    On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:02:24PM +1200, Russell Fulton wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:01:54 -0400 (EDT) Jose Nazario 
> <joseat_private> wrote:
> > 
> > i still vote for logrotate. 
> 
> The problem with systems like logrotate is that they reuse file names 
> which breaks archiving.
> 
> What do others do about archiving logs?

I use syslog-ng to automatically sort the logs as they arrive.

Snipped from my syslog-ng.conf:

  # automatic host sorting
  
  # define the format
  destination hosts {
  file("/var/log/HOSTS/$HOST/$FACILITY/$YEAR/$MONTH/$DAY/$FACILITY$YEAR$MONTH$DAY"
  owner(root) group(root) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes)); };
  
  # log by host
  log { source(src); destination(hosts); };

Works like a charm, and you can sort it any way that fits your needs.
-- 
Nate Campi, UNIX Ops WiReD SF, Terra Lycos DNS, (415) 276-8678  

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