SYSLOGD-LISTFILES(S)     Debian GNU/Linux    SYSLOGD-LISTFILES(S)



NAME
       syslogd-listfiles - list system logfiles

SYNOPSIS
       syslogd-listfiles  [  -a  | --all ] [ --auth ] [ -f config
       file ] [ -s pattern ] [ --large nnn ] [ --news ]  [  -w  |
       --weekly ]

DESCRIPTION
       Sysklogd  provides  a  modern mechanism to log system mes-
       sages.  This mechanism is controlled by the file /etc/sys-
       log.conf.   Messages  are  divided into logfiles which can
       grow quite big.  Therefore the logfiles need to be rotated
       once  per  day,  per  week  or  per  month.   On  a Debian
       GNU/Linux system most of the files are  rotated  once  per
       week.

       This  program helps the rotation script to determine which
       logfiles need to be rotated and when.  It  takes  care  of
       news  logfiles  that  are handled by the news.daily script
       from  INN.    In   conjunction   with   the   scripts   in
       /etc/cron.daily  and  /etc/cron.weekly  it  takes  care of
       files with sensitive information.

       By default a list of files for daily  rotation  is  gener-
       ated.   At  the  moment  this option only reflects entries
       that contain "*.*" as facility.priority.


OPTIONS
       -a, --all
              List all logfiles and ignore all other rules.

       -f config file
              Specify an alternative configuration  file  instead
              of /etc/syslog.conf, which is the default.

       -s pattern
              Specify  a  regular  expression for files that must
              not be listed.

       --auth Only list files  containing  sensitive  information
              such as the one containing auth.*.

       --large nnn
              Define  the filesize for a large file.  The size is
              provided in  bytes.   This  value  defaults  to  10
              megabytes.

       --ignore-size
              Don't  rotate  files whose file size is larger than
              the regular limit (see above).  This option is use-
              ful  if you are postprocessing logfiles which would
              break if log  files  are  rotated  at  a  different
              date/time.

       --news Don't exclude news logfiles which are normally han-
              dled by the news.daily script from INN.

       -w, --weekly
              Generate the list for weekly rotation.


SEE ALSO
       syslog.conf(f), syslogd(d), savelog(g).



Debian Project          December 5th, 2001   SYSLOGD-LISTFILES(S)