SV: [asterisk-users] Manage 'full' log file

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jan.sarin at securia.se schrieb:
> Thanks for the quick response!
>
> I read about logrotate at voip-info.org but I didn't quite understand it. I'm no asterisk/linux expert unfortunately.
>
> First of all. What exactly does happen when I run:
> /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx 'logger rotate'
>
> Does it clear the file and create a new one? Can I run this manually without any interruption in the system?
>
> And what does the script do? I understand it "rotates" the logs. But does it delete the old files? Where do I put the script? How do I run it? As you can see I'm really a newbie on this. Unfortunately the docs for asterisk are often with the expectation that you know everything... :)
>
> Regards,
> Jan
>
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> Från: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] För Ex Vitorino
> Skickat: den 8 januari 2007 13:10
> Till: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Ämne: Re: [asterisk-users] Manage 'full' log file
>
>   We've been using logrotate without any issue... We're using
>   the below quoted configuration. Notice the invocation of
>   Asterisk's CLI "logger reload" command so as to close the
>   old files and open new ones.
>
>   Cheers,
> --
>   Ex Vito
>
>
>   /var/log/asterisk/messages /var/log/asterisk/queue_log /var/log/asterisk/event_log {
>         weekly
>         rotate 52
>         dateext
>         compress
>         delaycompress
>         nocreate
>         missingok
>         sharedscripts
>         postrotate
>                 /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "logger reload"
>         endscript
>   }
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>   
This script goes into /etc/logrotate.d in a seperate file. It will 
compress the log weekly and store it in the same directory the original 
log was in.

-- F. Foerster