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Old 01-07-2016, 01:12 AM   #1
sudharshandatla
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Linux Logs and Messages


Hi

we can see messages0.log messages1.log, messages2.log in /var/log/folder

why it happen like that, what was the reason behind the creation of these log files and what was the use of these log files.

Can anybody let me know.
 
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just look at the man page of logrotate
 
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