Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 17:40:29 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de> Cc: Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com>, FreeBSD questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Any program to maintain logs? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970524173532.20368G-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970524121351.joki@jocki.domestic.de>
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On Sat, 24 May 1997, Joachim Kuebart wrote: what if you want a portable log trimmer in a script (to avoid any C hacking/source accessing)? i see alot of man pages for new utilities as of late without a "HISTORY" section - so you can't tell how long, or on what platforms these utilities exist on. i wish freebsd-only utilities were an optional install. > in FreeBSD 2.2.2 there is "/etc/newsyslog.conf" and a new daemon, newsyslog, > that takes care of the exact problem.. > > On 24-May-97 at 04:56:39 Francisco Reyes wrote: > >Is there a program in FreeBSD that can be used to trimm log files? I am > >interested in a program which could keep either a determined number of > >lines per file or lines which are a determined number of days old. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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