exicyclog(g)                                         exicyclog(g)



NAME
       exicyclog - program to cycle exim logs

SYNOPSIS
       exicyclog

DESCRIPTION
       The exicyclog script cycles the main and reject log files.
       Each time it is run the files get 'shuffled down' by  one.
       The mainlog file becomes mainlog.1, the previous mainlog.1
       becomes mainlog.2 and so on, up to a limit which is set in
       the script, and which defaults to 10. However, if no main-
       log file exists, the script does nothing. Reject logs  are
       handled  similarly.  Files  that  'drop  off'  the end are
       deleted. All files with numbers greater than  1  are  com-
       pressed,  using  a compression command which is configured
       in the script.

       It is usual to run exicyclog daily from a crontab entry of
       the form

         1 0 * * *  /usr/sbin/exicyclog

       In  this  way,  each  day's  log is (mostly) in a separate
       file. There will be some overlap from processes that  have
       the log open at the time of renaming.

       The  exicyclog script can be run as the Exim user when one
       is defined, as the log files will be owned by that user in
       that case. Otherwise it has to be run as root.

SEE ALSO
       There    is    extensive    documentation   available   in
       /usr/share/doc/exim and in the info system regarding exim.
       Please be sure to have the exim-doc package installed.

AUTHOR
       This  manual page was stitched together by Christoph Lame-
       ter <clameter@debian.org> from the original  documentation
       coming  with  the  sourcepackage  for the Debian GNU/Linux
       system.



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