topic Re: syslog.log switch in Operating System - HP-UX

syslog.log switch

Vladimir Tihu — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 10:34:56 GMT

When syslog.log is renamed OLDsyslog.log and a new syslog.log is created, how can this event be trapped? I want to be notified of this syslog switch so that I can save the logs for history.

Re: syslog.log switch

Eugeny Brychkov — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 10:36:23 GMT

This happens at each reboot. So simply insert copy command to any startup script
Eugeny

Re: syslog.log switch

John Palmer — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 10:41:42 GMT

It's actually done by the syslog startup script. Have a look at /sbin/init.d/syslogd.

Regards,
John

Re: syslog.log switch

T G Manikandan — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 10:43:38 GMT

Each time the system is rebooted the syslog.log file gets renamed to OLDsyslog.log file and new syslog.log file is created.

This is configured under /sbin/rc2.d/S220syslogd script.

Thanks

Re: syslog.log switch

Vladimir Tihu — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:15:15 GMT

The reboot is it the ONLY condition for this switch or are there others, like syslog.log exceeding a certain size, calls like openlog() or closelog() etc. Is there a system-wide event broadcasted or signalled with this occasion?

Thanks

Re: syslog.log switch

Pete Randall — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:20:57 GMT

No, just reboot. Any trimming or other manipulation of the log is manual.

Pete