11.1.9 logrotate Facts

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What command in logrotate compresses old log files with gzip?

compress

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What command with logrotate removes rotated log files after a certain number of days?

maxage

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What command with logrotate appends a date extension to the end of archived log files?

dateext

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What command with logrotate specifies the number of times to rotate the log before deleting it?

rotate

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What command with logrotate rotates log files based on size?

size

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How do you indicate the size a log should be deleted after?

Write the number followed by the units (k for kilobyts, M for megabytes, G for gigabytes, etc.)

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What command with logrotate stops empty logs from being rotated?

notifempty

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What command with logrotate prevents errors from being displayed for missing log files?

missingok

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What command with logrotate creates a log file identical to the one that was just rotated?

createa

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What do you have to specify using the create command with logrotate?

Permissions of the file, the owning user, and the owning group

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What command with logrotate executes a command after a log file has been rotated?

postrotate

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