LXer: How to rotate logs manually in Linux?

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02-23-2016, 09:20 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,379 Rep:	LXer: How to rotate logs manually in Linux? Published at LXer: In Linux every activity is monitored and logged in to their respective logs in /var/log folder. The depth of log information is dependent on the log configuration we did it in /etc/logrotate.d and we have to rotate them all the time to control how much space they use. Read More...

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