Re: Remove newsyslog messages from logs

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 8:58 AM Polytropon  wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Mar 2023 18:07:11 +0000, Carlos Lopez wrote:
> > Maybe it is a stupid question, [...]
>
> Not at all.
>
> > [...] but would it be possible to
> > delete/avoid "newsyslog[1137]: logfile turned over due to
> > size>..." messages generated by newsyslog every time it
> > rotates a log file?
>

Thanks you, Carlos, for asking the question. That had bothered
me when log files had been too small.

These days I just set the file size large enough; do not care
for the (newsyslog) defaults anyway.



> Yes, this is supported. Just have newsyslog pretend the log
> file in question is a binary log file, so the insertion of
> the message will be suppressed. Set the `B' flag (field #7)
> in /etc/newsyslog.conf, for example:
>
> /var/log/messages            644  5     100  *     JCB
>                                                      ^
>
...

Thanks Polytropon; had not realized that that could be one
way.


- parv