12-10-2003
all you need to do is check the file size and or date of the log you want to rotate.
@log=qw(/var/adm/messages /var/log/syslog);
if (file to big || is not from today) {then move it or something;}
its actually alot easier then it might sound.
post where you are stuck.
linux and any enterprise OS should have something to rotate the logs automaticly via cron.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
ds.log
ds.log(4) File Formats ds.log(4)
NAME
ds.log - Availability Suite data services log file
DESCRIPTION
The /var/adm/ds.log file contains the Availability Suite data services command log. The administration commands log activities to the file
in the format:
date time product: message
Note that when the size of the log file exceeds 10 Mbytes, ds.log is renamed /var/adm/ds.log.bak and a new /var/adm/ds.log file is cre-
ated.
The ds.log fields are:
date
The date format is mmm nn, where mmm is the local three-character abbreviation for the month and nn is the day of the month on which
the event occurred.
time
The time of the event, in hh:mm:ss format.
product
A product code that identifies which component of the data services produced the event. The code is separated from the message that
follows by a colon (:) and a space.
message
A message that can extend over more than one line describing the event that occurred. The second or following lines are not pre-
fixed by the date, time, and product code strings.
EXAMPLES
The example below shows sample ds.log file content:
Jan 25 05:26:17 ii: iiboot suspend cluster tag <none>
Jan 25 05:32:02 ii: iiboot resume cluster tag <none>
Jan 25 05:32:04 sv: svboot: resume /dev/vx/rdsk/bigmaster
Jan 25 05:32:04 sv: svboot: resume /dev/vx/rdsk/bigshadow
Jan 25 05:32:04 sv: svboot: resume /dev/vx/rdsk/mstvxfs
Jan 25 05:32:04 sv: svboot: resume /dev/vx/rdsk/master01
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|Architecture | x86 |
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|Availability | SUNWscmu |
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
|Interface Stability | Committed |
+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
iiadm(1M), sndradm(1M), svadm(1M), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.11 08 Jun 2007 ds.log(4)