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Old 07-15-2011
Logrotate not removing old files
Hi Guys,

Need some help with the logrotate for one of our servers. I had setup a logrotation so that all files that go under old/ folder should be removed after one week. The log files are rotated daily from the main folder to old/ folder. (everything on one server)

Below is the sample I am providing though it seems even after more than 7 days, older log files which get compresses aren't getting removed.

Sample -

Code:
/logs/test/sample/old/* {

missingok
weekly
rotate 1
compress
notifempty
dateext
postrotate

endscript
}

I haven't given the daily rotation though that seems to be working fine. Do let me know if you need more information and thanks once gain for the fantastic support.
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