[TriLUG] Server script question

[Warren Myers]

I don't recall how to setup logrotate, but you if logrotate is running, you
just send the current logfile, while to older ones get archived for you.

Warren

On 7/12/06, WA Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net> wrote:
>
> That'll work. I didnt know how to do email from the shell. Is there any
> way
> to limit the size of an email? Such as when the logfile gets so big then
> it
> will email that then when it gets that big again it will email that and so
> on?
>
>
> WA Brown
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren Myers" <volcimaster at gmail.com>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Server script question
>
>
> > you can cron the job to run similar to the following:
> >
> > $ crontab -e
> > 0 0 * * * mail -s 'log files' youremail at domain.extension <
> > /path/to/log/files
> >
> > then save your crontab
> >
> > Warren
> >
> > On 7/12/06, WA Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> How can I get the logs sent by email from my server to an email addy on
> a
> >> regular basis?Such as the error log or access log? I dont know enough
> >> scripting to figure it out. I use some shell scripts now.
> >>
> >>
> >> WA Brown
> >>
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"God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on
with the prime numbers." --Paul Erdős
"It's not possible. We are the type of people who have everything in our
favor going against us." --Ben Jarhvi, Short Circuit 2