logrotate

[Ian Coetzee]

On 2010/03/04 11:27 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Amedee Van Gasse (ub)
> <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>  wrote:
>    
>> On Thu, March 4, 2010 09:41, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>>      
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> is there a way to scp or rsync the files to a remote host older than
>>> 15 days in the logrotate config ?
>>>        
>> Yes, of course!
>> Just add your scp or rsync stanza to the postrotate section of your
>> logrotate config. man logrotate or google 'logrotate postrotate' for
>> examples.
>>
>> --
>> Amedee
>>      
> Amedee,
>
> Let me rephrase the question.
>
> Is there a way to scp or rsync the files to a remote host older than
> 15 days in the logrotate config and than delete it on localhost older
> than 15 days, so that at a time only 15 days of logs are available on
> localhost. ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kaushal
>
>    
The only way I can think of is using a cronjob calling a "find" script 
on a daily basis.

Should look something like this (Note my "find" is a bit rusty, so dont 
take my code as gospel)

 >for FILE in `find /var/log/ -atime +15
 >do
 > <insert magic here to do something with $FILE>
 >done

Use "man find" to fine the correct syntax :)

Regards
Ian