From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 10 14:15:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 912AA37B404 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:15:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A43A43F75 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 14:15:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h7ALFAD0026204 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:15:13 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h7ALF9jv026203; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:15:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:15:09 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Redmond Militante Message-ID: <20030810211509.GD25948@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Redmond Militante , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030810182834.GA87940@darkpossum> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fOHHtNG4YXGJ0yqR" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030810182834.GA87940@darkpossum> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newsyslog.conf syntax 5.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:15:19 -0000 --fOHHtNG4YXGJ0yqR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 01:28:35PM -0500, Redmond Militante wrote: > hi all >=20 > i'm getting the following message from the cron daemon on a 5.1-RELEASE b= ox. >=20 > newsyslog: malformed at: > /var/log/firewall_logs 600 14 * $DO Z >=20 > i've been trying to set up newsyslog so that it archives my firewall logs= every night at midnight. can anyone tell me what's wrong with my syntax o= n this line? Looks fine to me. You could try @T00 instead of $D0 to specify midnight, but the manual page says those are equivalent anyhow. At a complete guess: no newline at end of file? Incorrect syntax on an earlier line? Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --fOHHtNG4YXGJ0yqR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/NrXddtESqEQa7a0RAv90AJ9A4O+waOcMPplPfmMAhU6xRY9RhgCfbM9a LHbK4FywcAPH40snQ/26pRU= =mGFZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fOHHtNG4YXGJ0yqR--