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Hi,
I am using logrotate 3.7.4-13
-When i specify both "size" and "daily/weekly/monthly" , the logs are being rotated only based on size and the period is not being considered.
-When i just specify "daily/weekly/monthly" (with no size parameter), the logs are being rotated accordingly.

Would like to know what the problem is. If its a bug,Was it fixed in the latest rpms?

One more question - How does "daily rotation" work? Is the file rotated after 24hrs from its time of creation? or at 00:01 everyday??

Btw, I have a cronjob that runs every minute. My requirement is that, log files are to be rotated based on both size and period which ever comes first.

Log rotate includes all the files in /etc/logrotate.d/, hope you have kept you file inside this directory.

Is your configuration is like this ?
weekly Rotate logs weekly
rotate 4 Keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
include /etc/logrotate.d/
/var/log/foo/access{
size=100k Rotate when it reaches a certain size
}

Hi,
Thanks for the reply.My file looks something like this

/var/log/sm/* {
olddir /var/log/stdir/sm
size 10k
daily
/* some scripts in postrotate */
}
/var/log/abs/* {
olddir /var/log/stdir/abs
size 1M
weeekly
/* some scripts in postrotate */
}

I put this file inside /etc/logrotate.d/
I have a cronjob running logrotate every minute.

-The problem is that when both size and daily/weekly/monthly/yearly are specified for a particular log, rotation takes place only according to the second parameter from the top in-order.

Ex:
CASE 1:
/var/log/sm/* {
olddir /var/log/stdir/sm
size 10k
daily
/* some scripts in postrotate */
}

In this case, logs are rotated only based on time....ie daily ...rotation based on size isn't working.

CASE 2:
/var/log/sm/* {
olddir /var/log/stdir/sm
daily
size 10k
/* some scripts in postrotate */
}
In this case, logs are rotated only based on size....ie 10k ...daily rotation isn't working.

CASE 3:
If only either size or daily/weekly/monthly/yearly is present, the logs are rotated accordingly.The problem arises only when both are used in conjunction.

I have tried rpms 3.7.4-13 and 3.7.4-14 for fc6 . Its the same with both of them. Is this a bug yet to be solved?If its solved, plz let me know the updated rpm for fc6.

Regards,
Chowdary.