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Old 10-31-2006
rotating the syslogd and messages files
Im about to install a sunfreeware program called logrotate which does exactly what it says on the tin....just a quick question ..if its going to rename messages to messages.0 etc do I need to issue a HUP to syslogd after doing this or will the new messages file get created automatically

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Old 10-31-2006
You should already have /usr/lib/newsyslog which does this. And yes, you need to HUP the syslogd process.
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Old 10-31-2006
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Originally Posted by hcclnoodles
Im about to install a sunfreeware program called logrotate which does exactly what it says on the tin....just a quick question ..if its going to rename messages to messages.0 etc do I need to issue a HUP to syslogd after doing this or will the new messages file get created automatically

cheers
on sol9 and sol10 "logadm" does the rotation of logfiles....
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