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New version: chklogs v1.6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Nov 25 21:50:46 1995
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 17:24:33 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
From: grimaldo@IAEhv.nl (Gandalf D'Grey)
Subject: New version: chklogs v1.6
Organization: Internet Access Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.misc
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* * C H K L O G S v 1 . 6 * *
Hi all!
This is to announce that the long overdue version of chklogs
is out here. The current version supersedes v1.5 of May '95. Among
the new things:
+ Lots of recoding! :)
+ Removed 'block' mode (was useless)
+ Archive shuffling! now you won't get your disk full of archives :)
so the oldest archive is removed. You can specify the maximum nr.
of archives (per logfile!) to tune it to your system.
+ Introduced 'truncate' action. So now you have the choice of archiving
those logs for examination at a later date OR truncate them to
zero length if you don't want to bother. For EACH logfile you can
specify whether you want to truncate or archive it. More flexibility.
+ Control syslogd/httpd via SIGSTOP & SIGCONT
+ Added -t option for 'testing' the Log Index File.
+ No longer limited to one command line option.
+ Can override 'truncate' if you want to force archival of ALL overgrown
logfiles (suitable for manual execution)
When installing it, if you have it running under CRON (like me and
many others) make sure to check the command line options, their
behaviour has changed and a couple have been removed. ADditionally
you MUST edit your index file because it now requires two more columns
to specify the action and max. nr. of archives for every log.
I have uploaded it at sunsite and funet.fi already but you can get it
NOW at my own ftp site (Primary Site in LSM below). I am attaching
the LSM.
`` Enjoy (and thanks!)
Emilio
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Title: chklogs: Check System Logs
Version: 1.6
Entered-date: 20 November 1995
Description: A Perl script (can be cron'ed) for maintenance of system
logs. It checks your list of system logs against maximum
allowed sizes specified by you. If a log has grown past its
limit it can truncate them to zero size or archive them.
Either of these actions can be specified per log. When
archiving shuffling is performed (remove oldest archive)
when the maximum nr. of archives has been reached. This
maximum nr. is also specified on a per log basis. Report
can be produced on stdout or sent by mail to admin user.
It can also just check without taking any further action
besides reporting.
Keywords: System logs, monitor, archive, maintain, shuffle, truncate
Author: grimaldo@panama.iaehv.nl (Didimo Emilio Grimaldo Tunon)
Maintained-by: grimaldo@panama.iaehv.nl (Didimo Emilio Grimaldo Tunon)
Primary-site: ftp.iaehv.nl:/pub/users/grimaldo/
9.9K chklogs-1.6.tar.gz
1316 chklogs.lsm
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/Linux/system/Admin/
9.9Kb chklogs-1.6.tar.gz
1316 chklogs.lsm
nic.funet.fi: /pub/Linux/tools/
9.9K chklogs-1.6.tar.gz
1316 chklogs.lsm
Original-site:
Platform: Unix
Copying-policy: GPL
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D. Emilio Grimaldo T.
URL: http://www.iaehv.nl/users/grimaldo/
http://www.iaehv.nl/users/grimaldo/panama.html
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