logrotate相关说明

touch admin.log
ls
cd
clear
chattr +a /var/log/admin.log
lsattr /var/log/admin.log
vi /etc/logrotate.d/admin
/etc/logrotate.d/admin的内容为
#this configuration is from LIUCHAO 2009/5/8
/var/log/admin.log{
        monthly
        size=10M
        rotate 5
        nocompress
        sharedscripts
        prerotate
                /usr/bin/chattr -a /var/log/admin.log
        endscript
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                /usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd
                /usr/bin/chattr +a /var/log/admin.log
        endscript
}

logrotate -v /etc/logrotate.conf

logrotate -vf /etc/logrotate.conf
lsattr /var/log/admin.log*

root@test1:~# lsattr /var/log/admin.log*
-----a------------- /var/log/admin.log
------------------- /var/log/admin.log.1

注意:/etc/syslog.conf与/etc/logrotate.d/*文件常常搭配使用，上面建立的/var/log/admin.log,建立后，还要使用logrotate来轮替。
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