problem with "logrotate"

[dvrmc]

Hi,
This is my simple logrotate.conf

create
compress
/var/log/test/temp.log {
rotate 1
noolddir
start 0
size 1k
dateext
}

i m running it using the command "logrotate -dvf logrotate.conf"

The problem is that the rotated log was not being logged into the current directory, instead getting deleted.

Whr am i goin wrong?

Regards,
Chowdary.

[mechdave]

For a start you are running logrotate in debug mode, in that mode no changes will be made to the logs or logrotate. Also the -v switch is redundant as -d also implies -v.
Check out man logrotrate, it has all the switches and commands for that program

Cheers,
Mechdave

[dvrmc]

HI,
thanx for the reply.I sorted it out, but still facing some other prob.

Here's my conf file

/var/log/test/log.txt {
size 100
rotate 100
olddir /var/log/chow
nocompress
}

I set it up as a cron job running every minute.The problem is that log.txt is being rotated only after the size reaches 1MB irrespective of the size parameter value i m specifying.

I added the following to my crontab:
00-59 00-23 01-31 01-12 00-06 /usr/sbin/logrotate -v /etc/logrotate.conf >/dev/null 2>&1

I m getting the following if i run logrotate -v logrotate.conf:
****************
reading config file /etc/logrotate.conf
reading config info for "/var/log/test/log.txt"
olddir is now /var/log/chow

Handling 1 logs

rotating pattern: "/var/log/test/log.txt" 1048576 bytes (10 rotations)
olddir is /var/log/chow, empty log files are rotated, only log files >= 100 bytes are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/test/log.txt
log does not need rotating
****************
what ever the size i specify,i always see that 1048576.

Whr am i going wrong?