Re: Syslog file size

From: Baruch Even (baruch_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Wed 30 Apr 2003 - 15:45:59 IDT


* Ira Abramov <Lists-Linux-IL_at_ira.abramov.org> [030430 15:44]:
> Quoting Ran Milstein, from the post of Wed, 30 Apr:
> > Hi,
> > Does anybody know how can limit the file size created by the syslog server ?
>
> Logrotate will rotate it at certain times, not sizes. you can chang the
> times to get a nice average.

You can also tell logrotate to rotate on sizes, though you still run it
in certain times (usually daily), so the sizes are only an
approximation.

Baruch

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