04-24-2002
That is a good workaround. However, I would set it to fire off every 5 minutes.
1,6,11,16,21, etc... * * * * chmod 660 logfile
One other thing, in HPUX in the CDE or TUI (text user interface) we can manage logfiles. Maybe you have a tool that manages logfiles from an OS perspective, like where they are, permissions etc ...
Do you have anything like this?
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NAME
petitboot-twin -- Petitboot twin bootloader UI
SYNOPSIS
petitboot-twin [-d, --start-daemon] [-h, --help] [-l, --log log-file] [-V, --version] [-f, --fbdev] [-x, --x11]
DESCRIPTION
petitboot-twin is a twin based interface to the Petitboot bootloader.
Petitboot is a Linux kexec based bootloader that supports loading Linux kernel and initrd images from any device that can be mounted by
Linux. It can also load images from the network using the HTTP, HTTPS, NFS, SFTP, and TFTP protocols.
OPTIONS
-d, --start-daemon
Start pb-discover, the petitboot dynamic device discovery daemon, if it has not been started. This option is mainly useful when run-
ning petitboot as a stand-alone application.
-h, --help
Print a help message.
-l, --log log-file
Log messages to the file log-file. The default log is a file /var/log/petitboot-twin.log. New messages are appended to an existing
log file.
-V, --version
Display the program version number.
SEE ALSO
petitboot(8), pb-twin(8), pb-discover(8), pb-event(8)
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