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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Rename a log file to old, then create a new log file. Post 302363074 by mokachoka on Monday 19th of October 2009 10:26:48 AM
Old 10-19-2009
Sorry that was a bit vague, it simply creates a log.txt file in the directory i run the script from (which is in my home directory away from the accounts we are attempting to rename the log files).
 

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db_printlog

db_printlog(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    db_printlog(8)

NAME

       db_printlog - Displays database log file (Enhanced Security)

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/tcb/bin/db_printlog [-h home]

FLAGS

       Specify a home directory for the database.  The correct directory for enhanced security is /var/tcb/files.

DESCRIPTION

       A  customized  version of the Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is embedded in the operating system to provide high-performance database sup-
       port for critical security files.  The DB includes full transactional support and database recovery, using write-ahead logging  and  check-
       pointing to record changes.

       The db_printlog utility provides a way to view the log file associated with the security database.

RETURN VALUES

       The db_printlog utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       If  the	-h  option  is	not  specified and the environment variable DB_HOME is set, it is used as the path of the database home.  The home
       directory for security is /var/tcb/files.

FILES

       /var/tcb/files/auth.db

       /var/tcb/files/dblogs/*

RELATED INFORMATION

       Commands: db_checkpoint(8), db_recover(8), db_stat(8) delim off

																    db_printlog(8)
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