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updated logrotate (3.16.0 -> 3.19.0)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Tue Mar 29 17:26:39 2022 +0100 (2022-03-29) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/logrotate/description.txt Tue Mar 29 17:26:39 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ 1.4 +The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files 1.5 +on a system which generates a lot of log files. 1.6 +Logrotate allows for the automatic rotation compression, removal and 1.7 +mailing of log files. 1.8 +Logrotate can be set to handle a log file hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or 1.9 +when the log file gets to a certain size.