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1 perry 1 SYSLOGD-LISTFILES
2 !!!SYSLOGD-LISTFILES
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 SEE ALSO
8 ----
9 !!NAME
10
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12 syslogd-listfiles - list system logfiles
13 !!SYNOPSIS
14
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16 __syslogd-listfiles__ [[ __-a__ | __--all__ ] [[
17 __--auth__ ] [[ __-f__ ''config file'' ] [[ __-s__
18 ''pattern'' ] [[ __--large__ ''nnn'' ] [[
19 __--news__ ] [[ __-w__ | __--weekly__ ]
20 !!DESCRIPTION
21
22
23 __Sysklogd__ provides a modern mechanism to log system
24 messages. This mechanism is controlled by the file
25 ''/etc/syslog.conf''. Messages are divided into logfiles
26 which can grow quite big. Therefore the logfiles need to be
27 rotated once per day, per week or per month. On a Debian
28 GNU/Linux system most of the files are rotated once per
29 week.
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32 This program helps the rotation script to determine which
33 logfiles need to be rotated and when. It takes care of news
34 logfiles that are handled by the __news.daily__ script
35 from INN. In conjunction with the scripts in
36 ''/etc/cron.daily'' and ''/etc/cron.weekly'' it takes
37 care of files with sensitive information.
38
39
40 By default a list of files for daily rotation is generated.
41 At the moment this option only reflects entries that contain
42 !!OPTIONS
43
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45 __-a__, __--all__
46
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48 List all logfiles and ignore all other rules.
49
50
51 __-f__ ''config file''
52
53
54 Specify an alternative configuration file instead of
55 ''/etc/syslog.conf'', which is the default.
56
57
58 __-s__ ''pattern''
59
60
61 Specify a regular expression for files that must not be
62 listed.
63
64
65 __--auth__
66
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68 Only list files containing sensitive information such as the
69 one containing auth.*.
70
71
72 __--large__ ''nnn''
73
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75 Define the filesize for a large file. The size is provided
76 in bytes. This value defaults to 10 megabytes.
77
78
79 __--ignore-size__
80
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82 Don't rotate files whose file size is larger than the
83 regular limit (see above). This option is useful if you are
84 postprocessing logfiles which would break if log files are
85 rotated at a different date/time.
86
87
88 __--news__
89
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91 Don't exclude news logfiles which are normally handled by
92 the __news.daily__ script from INN.
93
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95 __-w__, __--weekly__
96
97
98 Generate the list for weekly rotation.
99 !!SEE ALSO
100
101
2 perry 102 syslog.conf(5), syslogd(8),
1 perry 103 savelog(8).
104 ----
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