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.TH EXICYCLOG 8 "March 26, 2003"
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.\" \(oqthis text is enclosed in single quotes\(cq
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.SH NAME
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exicyclog \- Cycle exim's logfiles
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B eximcyclog
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.B exicyclog
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script can be used to cycle (rotate)
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.I mainlog
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and
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.I rejectlog
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files.
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This is not necessary if only syslog is being used.
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Some operating systems have their own standard mechanisms for log cycling,
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and these can be used instead of
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.B exicyclog
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if preferred.
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Each time
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.B exicyclog
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is run the file names get \(oqshuffled down\(cq by one.
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If the main log file name is mainlog (the default) then when
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.B exicyclog
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is run mainlog becomes mainlog.01, the previous mainlog.01 becomes mainlog.02
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and so on, up to a limit which is set in the script, and which defaults to 10.
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Reject logs are handled similarly.
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If no mainlog file exists, the script does nothing.
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Files that \(oqdrop off\(cq the end are deleted.
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All files with numbers greater than 01 are compressed, using a compression
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command which is configured by the COMPRESS_COMMAND setting in
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Local/Makefile.
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It is usual to run \(lqexicyclog\(rq daily from a root \(lqcrontab\(rq entry
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of the form
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1 0 * * * su exim \-c /usr/exim/bin/exicyclog
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assuming you have used the name \(oqexim\(cq for the Exim user.
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You can run
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.B exicyclog
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as root if you wish, but there is no need.
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.SH BUGS
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This manual page needs a major re-work. If somebody knows better groff
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than us and has more experience in writing manual pages, any patches
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would be greatly appreciated.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR exim (8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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This manual page was stitched together from spec.txt by
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Andreas Metzler <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org>,
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for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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