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rotate syslog
- Thread starter pichi
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Command (oslevel) will give you the aix level.
as for rotate your syslog I dont know what you mean.
you should be able to clear the log file out.
> /xxx/xxx were x is replace with path.
like this
> /var/adm/wtmp this well clean out wtmp file.
I hope this helps you if this is what you are looking for.
as for rotate your syslog I dont know what you mean.
you should be able to clear the log file out.
> /xxx/xxx were x is replace with path.
like this
> /var/adm/wtmp this well clean out wtmp file.
I hope this helps you if this is what you are looking for.
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aixmurderer
IS-IT--Management
Why don't you create a script to run from the crontab to do it for you on a regular basis, say once a week/month? That way you could have a bit better control as well, and perhaps even introduce some date-stamping of the backup files as well, plus deleting them after a set time period.
Example script below , line 1 and 4 isn't correct, but it will give you an idea how to do it.
DATE=`date %dd%mm%yy` (do a man date to see the correct fmt)
cp /var/log/syslog /var/log/syslog$DATE
>/var/log/syslog
find /var/log/syslog* -mtime 30 exec rm{}; (do a man find)
Hope this will help you
Chris IBM Certified Specialist - MQSeries
Example script below , line 1 and 4 isn't correct, but it will give you an idea how to do it.
DATE=`date %dd%mm%yy` (do a man date to see the correct fmt)
cp /var/log/syslog /var/log/syslog$DATE
>/var/log/syslog
find /var/log/syslog* -mtime 30 exec rm{}; (do a man find)
Hope this will help you
Chris IBM Certified Specialist - MQSeries
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How to Clear accounting information file /var/adm/wtmp:
Use following command.
"/usr/sbin/acct/nulladm /var/adm/wtmp"
Use following command.
"/usr/sbin/acct/nulladm /var/adm/wtmp"
Here is a syslog rotation script you could add to the cron.
Cheers
#!/bin/ksh
#
# Rotate syslogs every Sunday at 23:59pm
#
# Paul Sharpe
#
#--------------------------------------------------------------------#
# Rotating syslog. #
#--------------------------------------------------------------------#
LOGDIR=/var/log
LOG=syslog
if test -d $LOGDIR
then
cd $LOGDIR
if test -s $LOG
then
test -f $LOG.3 && mv $LOG.3 $LOG.4
test -f $LOG.2 && mv $LOG.2 $LOG.3
test -f $LOG.1 && mv $LOG.1 $LOG.2
test -f $LOG.0 && mv $LOG.0 $LOG.1
mv $LOG $LOG.0
cp /dev/null $LOG
chmod 644 $LOG
sleep 40
fi
fi
# Refresh syslogd
kill -HUP `cat /etc/syslog.pid`
PSD
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4.3 Systems Support
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4 HACMP
Cheers
#!/bin/ksh
#
# Rotate syslogs every Sunday at 23:59pm
#
# Paul Sharpe
#
#--------------------------------------------------------------------#
# Rotating syslog. #
#--------------------------------------------------------------------#
LOGDIR=/var/log
LOG=syslog
if test -d $LOGDIR
then
cd $LOGDIR
if test -s $LOG
then
test -f $LOG.3 && mv $LOG.3 $LOG.4
test -f $LOG.2 && mv $LOG.2 $LOG.3
test -f $LOG.1 && mv $LOG.1 $LOG.2
test -f $LOG.0 && mv $LOG.0 $LOG.1
mv $LOG $LOG.0
cp /dev/null $LOG
chmod 644 $LOG
sleep 40
fi
fi
# Refresh syslogd
kill -HUP `cat /etc/syslog.pid`
PSD
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4.3 Systems Support
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4 HACMP
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