OS: Tru64 Unix 5.0
Issue:
The dated log files under /var/adm/syslog.dated/ seem to rotate at various
times on various computers. On any one given machine, log files rotate
every 24 hours. But the time of rotation is not consistent across
machines. There does not seem to be a cron job doing this rotation, so I
would suspect that syslod is doing it itself. Further, something is
maintaining the link /var/adm/syslog.dated/current to point to the most
recent dated subdirectory. I suspect that syslogd is also taking care of
this.
Can anyone confirm that syslogd is doing these things? The man page does
not explicitly say one way or the other.
As for rotation time, it may coincide with the time that the machine was
booted up and syslogd was started, but there is nothing remotely close to
this in the man page. It certainly would make more sense if the log files
were rotated on a more traditional 'daily' boundary, say midnight, than at
seemingly arbitrary times in the afternoon.
If syslogd is doing these rotations, then would a simple 'HUP' signal at
12am on all machines get it on a more seemingly proper schedule?
Thanks in advance,
Russ
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Received on Tue Feb 22 2000 - 00:38:01 NZDT