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From: Paul Gampe <
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: Logfile::Rotate 0.12
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Date: 26 Mar 1998 19:20:11 GMT
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Name DSLI Description Info
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Logfile::Rotate adpO Perl module to rotate logfiles PAULG
RELEASE:
Version: 0.12
NAME
Logfile::Rotate - Perl module to rotate logfiles.
SYNOPSIS
use Logfile::Rotate;
my $log = new Logfile::Rotate( File => '/var/adm/syslog',
Gzip => 'no' );
$log->rotate();
INSTALL
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
CHANGES
Added reference to Changes file for credits to contributions.
Switched from File::Copy::copy to File::Copy::move for rotating the
old logfiles, to preserve permissions and reduce disk space
consumption. File::Copy::move will try to do a rename. Suggested by:
webmaster <
[email protected]>
and "Mike Arms (6531)" <
[email protected]>.
Added code to copy the current log file permissions to first
incremental. Code and concept by: "Mike Arms (6531)"
<
[email protected]>.
Added an argument Signal so that you can get a callback function
executed as soon as the rotation is complete. Code and ideas
contributed by: "M. S. Sriram" <
[email protected]>,
and Mike Frohme <
[email protected]>
AVAILABILITY
http://www.twics.com/~paulg/modules/
and at all CPAN mirrors
COPYRIGHT
See the man page.
Enjoy and thanks for all the feedback, Paul.
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