topic cron log in Operating System - HP-UX

cron log

Stephen Grecni — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:52:14 GMT

I have a cron log in var/adm/log that is huge on a hp iux 11.11 server.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 750969520 Nov 8 14:29 log
The log has been active since 02.22.2009.

What is the proper way to cleanup / rotate a cron log ?

thanks,

Steve

Re: cron log

Johnson Punniyalingam — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:56:56 GMT

Hi Steve,

Can you Check "MS Power point" attachment file

which has been created by "Dusan Baljevic
"

which give better picture how to maintain System Logs

Thanks,
Johnson

Re: cron log

Johnson Punniyalingam — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:14:52 GMT

Apologies, if you're unable to find anything from the above post regarding the cron log.

>>What is the proper way to cleanup / rotate a cron log ? <<

SAM>Routine Task->System Log Files -->select below cron.log ->trim to recommended size

/var/adm/cron/OLDlog
/var/adm/cron/log

Regards,
Johnson

Re: cron log

Johnson Punniyalingam — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:22:10 GMT

You can also write script to trim cron logs

Check below Threads

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1008932

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=90187

HTH,

Johnson

Re: cron log

Stephen Grecni — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:36:01 GMT

thank you for the responses. The SAM solution worked. I'm going to look at the scripting and the document was a good overview on log maintenance in general.