Hello Community,

Anyone knows how can I force the log rotations, like the /var/log/messages
example, rotates every 5 month automatically, how can I do this whenever I want without changing the cron conf

man logrotate

I stopped using log rotation due to "continual failures" on many fronts

* failure of software to use a standard file (updated software does name changes and makes logs in various places)

* failure of log rotate programs to be configurable and work as expected

the above ammounts to like 100 problems that crop up and end with one or more files that infinitely grow and eventually cause a server to crawl and need reboot

HERE's WHAT I DO INSTEAD. (I run a headless server, no ups backup, and rarely ever hook a keyboard up, it's up months at a time between power losses, and it reboots without intervention)

Every server or software that creates any growing file does so in /var/log (it's a rule I enforce, it's not "automatic").

A simple cron-ized script I have indiscriminately chops all files in and under /var/log to length no matter what: there is never an over-flow.

(the only exception is a db file that records logins - but the simple script has an addition that knows the record length and chops even the db file)