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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>You can have
logrotate entries like the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'># rotate some
Logs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>/logdirectory/messages
{<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'> weekly<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'> rotate 12<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'> compress<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'> postrotate<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>
/usr/bin/pkill -HUP syslog<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'> endscript<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>What this does
is simply rotate the log, and then send HUP to Syslog-NG to stop it from writing
to the current inode which points to the recently rotated logfile. This
specific configuration will rotate weekly, keeping 12 compressed revisions
using GZIP.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>I hope this
helps,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:blue'>Justin.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Padmanabhan,
Rajeesh (GE Healthcare) [mailto:Rajeesh.Padmanabhan@ge.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 09, 2007 6:16
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Syslog-ng
users' and developers' mailing list</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [syslog-ng] Syslog-ng
log file overwrite</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'>Basically what i
am trying to configure is <strong><b><font face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>log rotation</span></font></b></strong> of
Syslog-ng files.. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Padmanabhan, Rajeesh (GE
Healthcare)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 09, 2007 3:52
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Syslog-ng
users' and developers' mailing list</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [syslog-ng] Syslog-ng log
file overwrite</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Hi Bazsi,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Do syslog-ng overwrites log file by default?
If yes, what is the process/strategy done by syslog-ng to overwrite the file?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Thanks,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Rajeesh</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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