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Date:      Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:04:28 +1300 (NZDT)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz>
To:        Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: messages log
Message-ID:  <Pine.SC5.4.10.9910200903261.9157-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <01BF1A64.2D1FE520.dl@tyfon.net>

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On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Dan Larsson wrote:

> I want the messages log (/var/log/messages) to rotate just as the other logs
> Do I need to create a crontab for this, or how should I configure the system?

The 3.x series uses newsyslog(8) for this. Check out /etc/newsyslog.conf.

Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen
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