On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 05:12:31PM -0500, Ben Russo wrote: > 3 4 * * * rm -f /var/log/mplayer.log; mv /var/log/mplayer.log > /var/log/mplayer.log.yesterday; mplayer -command -options blah blah > > /var/log/mplayer.log 2>&1 > > This command will create a new log every day, and keep yesterdays log > too, but will lose all older logs.
First you remove /var/log/mplayer.log; then you move the now non-existing /var/log/mplayer.log to mplayer.yesterday... I don't think that's going to work. :) I suggest making it "rm -f /var/log/mplayer.yesterday" or skipping that part completely. -- Maurits van Rees | http://maurits.vanrees.org/ [Dutch/Nederlands] "Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." - Winston Churchill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
