logadm -C 4 -c -s 300m -w /var/adm/wtmpx
// -C count Delete the oldest versions until there are not more than count files left.
// -p period Rotate a log file after the specified time period (period) .
// -c Rotate the log file by copying it and truncating the original logfile to zero length, rather than renaming the file.
// -w entryname Write an entry into the config file (that is, /etc/logadm.conf)
// -s size Rotate the log file only if its size is greater than or equal to size.
// -z count Compress old log files after all other commands have been executed.
tail -1 /etc/logadm.conf
wtmpx -C 4 -c -s 300m /var/adm/wtmpx
logadm -v
–lines omitted–
processing logname: /var/adm/wtmpx
# using default template: file.file.file.n
mkdir -p /var/adm # verify directory exists
cp -fp /var/adm/wtmpx /var/adm/wtmpx.0 # rotate log file via copy (-c flag)
cp -f /dev/null /var/adm/wtmpx # trucate log file (-c flag)
touch /var/adm/wtmpx
chown 4:4 /var/adm/wtmpx
chmod 644 /var/adm/wtmpx
# recording rotation date Tue Feb 25 13:51:14 2014 for /var/adm/wtmpx
writing changes to /var/logadm.conf
ls -l /var/adm/wtmpx*
-rw-r–r-- 1 adm adm 0 Feb 25 13:51 /var/adm/wtmpx
-rw-r–r-- 1 adm adm 362328000 Feb 25 12:54 /var/adm/wtmpx.0