newsyslog.conf and Apache log files

[Robin Vleij]

On 10/7/10 7:26 PM, Joe Auty wrote:

Hi Joe,

> Unfortunately, this has created these big long log files such as the
> following:
>
> httpderror_log.2.bz2.2.bz2.2.bz2.1.bz2.1.bz2.1.bz2.0.bz2
>
> How can I prevent these dumb log file names from being created?

Like Lowell wrote, don't use wildcards in newsyslog.conf. :-)

I just react to this, because I spent quite some time after a storage 
change on why my machine was hanging at bootup on the newsyslog 
"trimming and creating logfiles" line. There was no good Google result 
that pointed me in the direction, hence my post now.

In my case I made the same mistake as you on my Asterisk logfiles (which 
also don't have any extention). So after troubleshooting NFS and 
filesystem problems, I ran truss on newsyslog and found out about the 
nice tree newsyslog had built on my Asterisk logfiles. It wasn't hanging 
afterall, it was quite busy. :-) I just wrote three lines with the three 
filenames I wanted to rotate and since then it's fine.

/Robin