From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E3F459CAF for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 08:07:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD8B2E0857; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 08:07:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.22]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86E30E0852 for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 08:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=mail.digimed.co.uk) by smarthost03c.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1amGaW-0007fk-7q for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Apr 2016 08:07:20 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5EFD53DEC2C for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2016 09:07:19 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 09:07:14 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] logrotate: name of log file after it's rotated? Message-ID: <20160402090714.51697244@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <56FF6BF2.7080807@gmail.com> References: <87wpoqlr02.fsf@heimdali.yagibdah.de> <56F5A0DD.1060004@gmail.com> <87h9fklqel.fsf@heimdali.yagibdah.de> <56FF6BF2.7080807@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2-97-gc98793 (GTK+ 2.24.29; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/P.ql7VPJxQbJ=DPC7HBL7vu"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost03c-IP: [82.69.83.178] X-Archives-Salt: 2ebbcf05-31f0-4c9a-b5fb-d9bd30e70a72 X-Archives-Hash: df87d92ae51011a20fcbb5d4f500fd5b --Sig_/P.ql7VPJxQbJ=DPC7HBL7vu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 08:51:30 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Exactly, and that's why there needs to be some sort of place holder > > for the file name. > I don't think it's a case of "there needs to be". > I think it's more a case of "you want it to be to solve this special > problem you have", and perhaps the logrotate maintainer doesn't agree. Or perhaps the maintainer hasn't even considered the idea and all it needs is a feature request. --=20 Neil Bothwick 0 and 1. Now what could be so hard about that? --Sig_/P.ql7VPJxQbJ=DPC7HBL7vu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlb/fbIACgkQum4al0N1GQMhhACgxvZByB6s1gILLBVTFM5Y4ha5 VowAoMc+l4oXDrYBQJ11QgvREeW7Rdpb =G5B8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/P.ql7VPJxQbJ=DPC7HBL7vu--