On 15/06/2014 10:49 AM, André Nunes Batista wrote: > # logrotate -f -v /etc/logrotate.d/ 2> logrotate.txt > > # cat logrotate.txt | grep syslog > reading config file rsyslog > rotating pattern: /var/log/syslog > considering log /var/log/syslog > rotating log /var/log/syslog, log->rotateCount is 7 > error: error creating output file /var/log/syslog.1.gz: File exists > log /var/log/syslog.8.gz doesn't exist -- won't try to dispose of it > > # ls -lsh /var/log/syslog.1.gz > 0 -rw-r----- 1 root adm 0 Feb 9 07:35 /var/log/syslog.1.gz > > # ls -lsh /var/log/syslog.1 > 3.8M -rw-r----- 1 root adm 3.8M Feb 8 07:35 /var/log/syslog.1 > > So this issue appears to go back some months already, but I have no clue > why it started. Also, it does no happen to every log file on /var/log, > just some, eg., messages, debug, kern.log, auth.log.
It may have happened when logrotate tried to run twice on the same day. The easiest thing to do is to rename the /old/ problem files (or move them) and then try again to do a logrotate. Cheers A.
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