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Add logrotate-3.8.7
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<!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
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<!ENTITY day "03"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
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<!ENTITY day "04"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
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<!ENTITY month "07"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
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<!ENTITY year "2014">
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<!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
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<!ENTITY copyholder "The BLFS Development Team">
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<!ENTITY version "&year;-&month;-&day;">
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<!ENTITY releasedate "July 3rd, &year;">
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<!ENTITY releasedate "July 4th, &year;">
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<!ENTITY pubdate "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
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<!ENTITY blfs-version "svn"> <!-- svn|[release #] -->
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<!ENTITY lfs-version "development"> <!-- x.y|development] -->
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<!ENTITY hdparm-version "9.43">
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<!ENTITY ibus-version "1.5.4"> <!-- stable lt .90 micro version -->
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<!ENTITY lm_sensors-version "3.3.5">
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<!ENTITY logrotate-version "3.8.7">
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<!ENTITY mc-version "4.8.12">
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<!ENTITY obex-data-server-version "0.4.6">
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<!ENTITY p7zip-version "9.20.1">
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general/sysutils/logrotate.xml
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general/sysutils/logrotate.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY logrotate-download-http "http://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/o/logrotate/logrotate-&logrotate-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY logrotate-download-ftp " ">
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<!ENTITY logrotate-md5sum "99e08503ef24c3e2e3ff74cc5f3be213">
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<!ENTITY logrotate-size "64 KB">
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<!ENTITY logrotate-buildsize "1.3 MB">
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<!ENTITY logrotate-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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]>
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<sect1 id="logrotate" xreflabel="logrotate-&logrotate-version;">
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<?dbhtml filename="logrotate.html"?>
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy: bdubbs $</othername>
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<date>$Date: 2014-06-15 13:40:02 -0500 (Sun, 15 Jun 2014) $</date>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Logrotate-&logrotate-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="logrotate">
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<primary sortas="a-logrotate">logrotate</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title>Introduction to Logrotate</title>
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<para>
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The <application>logrotate</application> package allows automatic rotation,
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compression, removal, and mailing of log files.
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</para>
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&lfs75_checked;
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&logrotate-download-http;"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download (FTP): <ulink url="&logrotate-download-ftp;"/>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download MD5 sum: &logrotate-md5sum;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Download size: &logrotate-size;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Estimated disk space required: &logrotate-buildsize;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Estimated build time: &logrotate-time;
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Logrotate Dependencies</bridgehead>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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<para role="required">
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<xref linkend="popt"/>
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</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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<para role="recommended">
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<xref linkend="fcron"/> (runtime)
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</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional">
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An <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (runtime)
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</para>
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<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/logrotate"/>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Logrotate</title>
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<para>
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Install <application>logrotate</application> by running the following
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command:
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</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<para>
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To test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make MANDIR=/usr/share/man install</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="commands">
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<title>Command Explanations</title>
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<para>
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<envar>MANDIR=/usr/share/man</envar>: Ensure the man pages are installed in
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the correct location.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="configuration">
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<title>Configuring Logrotate</title>
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<para><application>Logrotate</application> needs a configuration file,
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which must be passed as an argument to the command when executed. Create
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the file as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/logrotate.conf << EOF
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# Begin of /etc/logrotate.conf
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# Rotate log files weekly
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weekly
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# Don't send mail to anybody
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nomail
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# If the log file is empty, it will not be rotated
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notifempty
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# Number of backups that will be kept
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# This will keep the 2 newest backups only
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rotate 2
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# Create new empty files after rotating old ones
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# This will create empty log files, with owner
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# set to root, group set to sys, and permissions 644
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create 0664 root sys
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# Compress the backups with gzip
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compress
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# No packages own lastlog or wtmp -- rotate them here
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/var/log/wtmp {
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monthly
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create 0664 root utmp
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rotate 1
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}
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/var/log/lastlog {
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monthly
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rotate 1
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}
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# Some packages drop log rotation info in this directory
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# so we include any file in it.
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include /etc/logrotate.d
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# End of /etc/logrotate.conf
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now create the <filename class='directory'>/etc/logrotate.d</filename>
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directory as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput> mkdir -p /etc/logrotate.d</userinput></screen>
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<para>At this point additional log rotation commands can be entered, typically
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in the <filename class='directory'>/etc/logrotate.d</filename> directory.
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For example:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/logrotate.d/sys.log << EOF
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sys.log {
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# If the log file is larger than 100kb, rotate it
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size 100k
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rotate 5
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weekly
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postrotate
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/bin/killall -HUP syslogd
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endscript
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}
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>See the logrotate man page or
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<ulink url='http://www.techrepublic.com/article/manage-linux-log-files-with-logrotate/'/>
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for more examples.</para>
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<para>The command <command>logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf</command> can be
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run manually, however, the command should be run daily.
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To set up <xref linkend='fcron'/> to run at 3AM daily, root's crontab
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should be edited to add:</para>
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<screen><literal>0 3 * * * /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf</literal></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="content">
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<title>Contents</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg> logrotate </seg>
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<seg> None </seg>
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<seg> None </seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="logrotate-prog">
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<term><command>logrotate</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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performs the log maintenace functions defined in the
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configuration files.
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</para>
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<indexterm zone="logrotate logrotate-prog">
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<primary sortas="b-logrotate-prog">logrotate</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="hdparm.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="initdtools.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="lm_sensors.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="logrotate.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="mc.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="obex-data-server.xml"/>
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<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="p7zip.xml"/>
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-->
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<para>July 4th, 2014</para>
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<para>[bdubbs] - Add logrotate-3.8.7. Fixes
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<ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;5229">#5229</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>July 3rd, 2014</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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