Need to boost the visibility of your question for solutions? Use the Experts Exchange Help Bell to confirm priority levels and contact subject-matter experts for question attention. Check out this how-to article for more information.
Solved
CentOS5.2 How do I prune my log files with Cron?
Posted on 2009-04-01
Hello
With Regard to CentOS 5.2
My log files are getting quite big and I would like to setup a cron/shell script that keeps them to about 100kb.
Does anybody have a readymade solution?
Kind Regards,
Adrian Smith
London
With Regard to CentOS 5.2
My log files are getting quite big and I would like to setup a cron/shell script that keeps them to about 100kb.
Does anybody have a readymade solution?
Kind Regards,
Adrian Smith
London
[X]
Welcome to Experts Exchange
Add your voice to the tech community where 5M+ people just like you are talking about what matters.
- Help others & share knowledge
- Earn cash & points
- Learn & ask questions
2
3 Comments
you dont need to shell or cron,
logroate will do this job for you .
logroate should keep log file archived
http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/logrotate8.html
just in google do a search for logrotate ,
logroate will do this job for you .
logroate should keep log file archived
http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/logrotate8.html
just in google do a search for logrotate ,
Featured Post
Question has a verified solution.
If you are experiencing a similar issue, please ask a related question
Network Interface Card (NIC) bonding, also known as link aggregation, NIC teaming and trunking, is an important concept to understand and implement in any environment where high availability is of concern. Using this feature, a server administrator …
Linux users are sometimes dumbfounded by the severe lack of documentation on a topic. Sometimes, the documentation is copious, but other times, you end up with some obscure "it varies depending on your distribution" over and over when searching for …
This demo shows you how to set up the containerized NetScaler CPX with NetScaler Management and Analytics System in a non-routable Mesos/Marathon environment for use with Micro-Services applications.
How to Install VMware Tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (RHEL 6.4) Step-by-Step Tutorial
Suggested Courses
Course of the Month6 days, 3 hours left to enroll
688 members asked questions and received personalized solutions in the past 7 days.
Join the community of 500,000 technology professionals and ask your questions.