2013-05-01 09:52, Frank Murphy skrev:
How to safely clean /var/log/messages for specific testing. or set it to hourly rotate. Couldn't see specific config in /etc/logrotate.d
Have tried "logrotate --force /var/log/messages" lots of "error: /var/log/messages:7137 unknown option 'May' -- ignoring line" I done want to nano "wipe the file" if possible
Have you looked in /etc/logrotate.d/syslog?
On my F18 it contains:
$ more /etc/logrotate.d/syslog /var/log/cron /var/log/maillog /var/log/messages /var/log/secure /var/log/spooler { sharedscripts postrotate /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || t rue endscript } $ ls -l /var/log/messages* -rw-------. 1 root root 205769 1 maj 11.16 /var/log/messages -rw-------. 1 root root 1359 7 apr 03.48 /var/log/messages-20130407 -rw-------. 1 root root 180624 14 apr 03.37 /var/log/messages-20130414 -rw-------. 1 root root 160610 21 apr 03.21 /var/log/messages-20130421 -rw-------. 1 root root 2790 28 apr 03.50 /var/log/messages-20130428