06-17-2009
logrotate isn't rotating files any longer
I have been using logrotate for quite awhile now. Most logs are rotated daily, using /etc/cron.daily. I noticed that the logs in question have not been rotated since April 6, but daily up to that point.
I have logrotate in /etc/cron.daily. The basic command is:
/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
In /etc/logrotate.conf, I specify to rotate daily and keep 31 log files.
In /etc/logrotate.d, I have the various configuration files for the services for which log files are generated (httpd, ezproxy, etc).
I restarted cron.d, which was already running.
I ran logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf and can see that it looks at the various configuration files and gives directions to rotate daily and keep 31.
Can anyone shed light on why I am not getting rotation of these logs?
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scanlogs
SCANLOGS(8) System Manager's Manual SCANLOGS(8)
NAME
scanlogs - summarize INN log files.
SYNOPSIS
scanlogs [ norotate ] [ nonn ]
DESCRIPTION
Scanlogs summarizes the information recorded in the INN log files (see newslog(5)). By default, it also rotates and cleans out the logs.
It is normally invoked by the news.daily(8) script.
KEYWORDS
The following keywords are accepted:
norotate
Using this keyword disables the rotating and cleaning aspect of the log processing: the logs files are only scanned for information
and no contents are altered.
nonn Normally the nn log file is scanned and rotated. Using this keyword disables this function.
If scanlogs is invoked more than once a day, the ``norotate'' keyword should be used to prevent premature log cleaning.
HISTORY
Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> and Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is revision 1.1, dated 1996/10/29.
SEE ALSO
innd(8) newslog(5), news.daily(8), nnrpd(8).
SCANLOGS(8)