* venkat raman <infoappu.li...@gmail.com> [2011-01-28 03:00:49 +0530]:
> hi pals, > i am new to linux.could any one tell me about the following line > what exactly it will do? it is mentioned in my crontab file. > > 03 00 * * 1 /home/root/logrotate.sh > /u01/app/oraqa02/10g/network/admin/qa02.log 5 t >/dev/null 2>&1 > 01 00 * * 1 /home/root/logrotate.sh > /u01/app/oraqa02/10g/admin/QA02_qebsdbd01/bdump/alert_QA02.log 10 t > >/dev/null 2>&1 logrotate is used to rotate a log file, so it does not become huge. Logrotate keeps the old file renamed, so we always the latest for immediate access. For ease of administration. check the man page of logrotate, it is more descriptive. Santosh -- http://fossix.org, http://dot.slashb.in Time is the quality if nature that keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working. -- Anon _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
