logrotate/logwatch error on fc15

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Wed Oct 24 17:26:59 UTC 2012



Am 24.10.2012 19:20, schrieb Joe Zeff:
> On 10/24/2012 08:58 AM, Alex wrote:
>> The script should be written to use 'file' not just parse the extension.
> 
> Why?  Just because in <.001% of the time the extension will be wrong? Not exactly an efficient use of resources.

because it is NOT the unix-way to rely on file-extensions
these are meaningless all over the system

file-extensions are the windows-way

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