Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 13:56:40 +0100 From: Daren <darenr@end-design.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newsyslog bizarreness Message-ID: <cd0m6a$c8j$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <cd0k80$7cn$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <cd0k80$7cn$1@sea.gmane.org>
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Daren wrote: > Hi, > > I recently removed a couple of lines from newsyslog.conf, and now every > hour I'm getting an email from cron telling me that newsyslog complained > about the lines which are now deleted! > > There is definately only one config file, and if I run newsyslog from > command line, it exits without a problem and running it in verbose, it > doesn't see the two lines. Is there something about the cronned > newsyslog that's different? > > Oddly, the actual error is a mis-interpretation to do with the size > field (it is reading the time/date field). > > Any ideas on this? > Ok, sorry, forget that. One very stupid oversight on my behalf! Sorted now. Cheers Daren
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