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beta1linux:# dir /var/log/zmd-messages.*
-rw-r----- 1 root root 5247015 Apr 7 13:46 /var/log/zmd-messages.log
 
beta1linux:# logrotate -d -f /etc/logrotate.conf
reading config file /etc/logrotate.conf
compress_prog is now /usr/bin/bzip2
compress_ext was changed to .bz2
uncompress_prog is now /usr/bin/bunzip2
including /etc/logrotate.fed.d
reading config file zmd-messages
reading config info for /var/log/zmd-messages.log
Handling 1 logs
rotating pattern: /var/log/zmd-messages.log forced from command line (2 rotations)
empty log files are not rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/zmd-messages.log
log needs rotating
rotating log /var/log/zmd-messages.log, log->rotateCount is 2
glob finding old rotated logs failed
copying /var/log/zmd-messages.log to /var/log/zmd-messages.log-20100407
truncating /var/log/zmd-messages.log
 
beta1linux:# dir /var/log/zmd-messages.*
-rw-r----- 1 root root 5247015 Apr 7 13:46 /var/log/zmd-messages.log

beta1linux:# cat /etc/logrotate.conf
# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create
# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress
# uncomment these to switch compression to bzip2
compresscmd /usr/bin/bzip2
uncompresscmd /usr/bin/bunzip2
# former versions had to have the compresscommand set accordingly
#compressext .bz2
# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.fed.d
# no packages own wtmp -- we'll rotate them here
#/var/log/wtmp {
# monthly
# create 0664 root utmp
# rotate 1
#}
# system-specific logs may be also be configured here.
 
beta1linux:# dir /etc/logrotate.fed.d
total 4
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 138 Apr 7 15:23 zmd-messages
 
beta1linux:/etc/logrotate.fed.d # cat /etc/logrotate.fed.d/zmd-messages
/var/log/zmd-messages.log {
nocompress
dateext
daily
rotate 2
size 1M
notifempty
missingok
copytruncate
}