Re: Move files in 'order'

From: Doug Laidlaw (laidlaws_at_myaccess.com.au)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:17:00 +1000

Bill S. wrote:

> Awesome, thanks everyone for the pointers on this, I really appreciate
> it!!
>
> robertharvey@my-deja.com (Robert E A Harvey) wrote in message
> news:<5acbdcbf.0410241433.183652aa@posting.google.com>...
>> ziphem@hotmail.com (Bill S.) wrote in message
>> news:<21ee69a6.0410240741.47648fb0@posting.google.com>...
>> > Hi, I have a quick question about moving files in Redhat. I'm trying
>> > to get files moved in 'order', meaning that I want log.2 moved to
>> > log.3, then log .1 moved to log.2 and then log moved to log.1 ,
>> > specifically in that order.
>>
>> There is a script specifically for this, called logrotate.
>>
>> It should come with redhat, but if not then you can get it as an rpm
>> http://tinyurl.com/69h5d

If the relevant log files are in your log directory, I believe that you can
couple them to the existing logrotate, which does the same with all your
other log files, but I haven't had to find out how.

Doug. (using Mandrake.) 

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