Re: [squid-users] monthly log rotation

Dear All /Tek

I have using fedora core 6 and upgraded squid to 2.6 stable 4.
All my configuration are default.
My log rotate on weekly basis where as I want to rotate on monthly
basis. that's it.

Arun

On 10/18/07, Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@wlink.com.np> wrote:
> Hi Arun,
>
>
> Arun Shrimali wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I have configured Squid 2.5 stable 6.
> > My all settings related to log are default, thus log automatic rotate
> > on sunday night. I want this to be rotate on monthly basis i.e. on
> > 30th / 31st night.
> > where should i make the changes
>
>
> How are you rotating your logs every Sunday night currently? Does your
> log rotation include just Squid logs or everything (kernel messages,etc)?
>
> Is Redhat your OS? Basically, you normally use the utility called
> logrotate to rotate your machine's various log files.
>
> You can check the site below for more information on using logrotate to
> rotate Squid and Apache logs:
>
> http://teklimbu.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/managing-your-linuxunix-log-files-using-logrotate/
>
>
> Or simply,
>
> Add the following entry to rotate your squid logs on the 28th of every
> month at 1 AM in your /etc/crontab
>
> 00 01 28 * * root squid -k rotate > /dev/null 2>&1
>
>
> Note: you may need to specify the full path of your squid binary.
>
>
> By the way, I personally feel that your Squid 2.5stable6 is way too old!
> I feel that your time has come to upgrade.
>
> Check out the latest stable release below:
>
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/squid-2.6.STABLE16.tar.gz
>
>
>
> Thanking you...
>
>
> >
> > Arun
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> With best regards and good wishes,
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Tek Bahadur Limbu
>
> System Administrator
>
> (TAG/TDG Group)
> Jwl Systems Department
>
> Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
>
> Jawalakhel, Nepal
>
> http://www.wlink.com.np
>
> http://teklimbu.wordpress.com
>

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