58 lines
1.8 KiB
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58 lines
1.8 KiB
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From 70a8b71fd9d4951e69d1c4116dc28d2e1873d0eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: rpm-build <rpm-build>
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Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 14:30:19 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] logrotate.cron: use /var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status as
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state file
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Signed-off-by: rpm-build <rpm-build>
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---
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examples/logrotate.cron | 2 +-
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logrotate.8 | 10 ++++++++--
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2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/examples/logrotate.cron b/examples/logrotate.cron
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index c6d50d4..967932e 100644
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--- a/examples/logrotate.cron
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+++ b/examples/logrotate.cron
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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#!/bin/sh
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-/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
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+/usr/sbin/logrotate -s /var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status /etc/logrotate.conf
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EXITVALUE=$?
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if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
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/usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"
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diff --git a/logrotate.8 b/logrotate.8
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index 3f30472..9c62dc8 100644
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--- a/logrotate.8
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+++ b/logrotate.8
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@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ and mail it to the recipient. The default mail command is \fB/bin/mail
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Tells \fBlogrotate\fR to use an alternate state file. This is useful
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if logrotate is being run as a different user for various sets of
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log files. The default state file is \fI/var/lib/logrotate.status\fR.
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+Note that logrotate cron job on Fedora overrides the default with
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+\fI/var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status\fR in order to support read-only
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+mounted root file systems.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-usage\fR
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@@ -557,10 +560,13 @@ Log files are rotated if the current year is not the same as the last rotation.
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.SH FILES
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.PD 0
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-.TP 27
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+.TP 42
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\fI/var/lib/logrotate.status\fR
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Default state file.
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-.TP 27
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+.TP 42
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+\fI/var/lib/logrotate/logrotate.status\fR
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+Default state file used by logrotate cron job on Fedora.
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+.TP 42
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\fI/etc/logrotate.conf\fR
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Configuration options.
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--
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2.5.5
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