collecting syslogs older than 1 year

sree.m · 03-14-2012, 01:34 AM

Hi,

How can i collect/view the logs which are older than 1 year in RHEL ??

Thanks and regards,
Sree

sree.m · 03-14-2012, 01:45 AM

the /var/log directory has 4 message files which has log entries for past 4months. I want to get the logs of 6 months back. possible ????

Reuti · 03-15-2012, 10:44 AM

If older files were removed already by logrotate: no. What date is mentioned in the file names of the ones you see?

sree.m · 03-15-2012, 11:49 AM

I can only see the logs starting from Jan-2012.

TB0ne · 03-15-2012, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sree.m

I can only see the logs starting from Jan-2012.

Then you've only got logs going back to Jan 2012. Unless you purposely enable something to archive log files, you WON'T archive log files. Kind of like saying "I've not ever backed up my system, but I need a file from six months ago"...not much anyone can do.

sree.m · 03-16-2012, 05:35 AM

that sounded funny , though i got your point

.thanks.