ok,
suppose to clean the log I simply add with crontab -e the line
00 02 * * * mv /var/log/mylogname /var/log/mylogbakup
will this do the job of giving me a clean mylogname (the program creates
it if its missing just fine) as when I type this at console I am asked
if I wish to overwrite the file, will i need to add a "do it no matter
what" type of parameter to the mv or will it work without it?
>
>
> In short, the easiest thing for you to do, if you want your script run
> daily, is to drop it in /etc/cron.daily. if it needs custom runtimes, put
> them in /etc/cron.d/ in a crontab file.
>
>
> help?
YES !!!!! :-)
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Only posted there, as the mailer gave me an error when I sent this, and
I wasn't sure it went out to the list, I still intend to figure this
cron thing out, as well as logrotate......... And another old 486 comes
back to life :-)
at least I know now that the posting worked, I guess i'll see if i still
get the error message this time too.
Daniel Lawson wrote:
>
> from reading your other post to nzlug, i'd suggest that logrotate is what
> you want :)
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This can also be caused by having the wrong settings for CHS, or if there is
HD management software on the HD, seagate and connor drives had one that
could make the HD bigger than what could be read by some of the fdisk
programs..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Carter" <kylecarter(a)xtra.co.nz>
To: <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [wlug] silly laptops
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greig McGill" <greig(a)win.co.nz>
> To: <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz>
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 6:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [wlug] silly laptops
>
>
> > > looks like its written.. however reboot it or continue on.. and the
old
> > > partitions are still there... real strange..
> > >
> > > no useful options in the bios for virus MBR protection etc..
> > >
> > > any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Had this problem twice before.
> > Once was a dead controller - hope that's not it!
> > The second was just a screwy partition table - low-level format fixed
it.
>
> Ive tried 2 hard drives, 2 laptops (i got given 2 ;-) )
> both are identical.. but i have changed the ram to give 1 8MB ram, and the
> other 16 MB ram
>
> however i get the same error.. have enough ram in there to do it..
> im wondering if its something to do with the hard drive controller.
> or the bios..
>
> im just rawriting the parted disk.. im pretty sure once i get the
partitions
> set up the thing will work fine.
>
>
>
>
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