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Feb 132010
 

How to check the logrotate status?

Answer:

To check the current logrotate status, e.g. which files are covered by logrotate, what are their last processed date etc.

You can check the /var/lib/logrotate/status file

# cat /var/lib/logrotate/status

"/var/log/apache2/access.log" 2008-12-7
"/var/log/apache2/error.log" 2009-1-25
"/var/log/apache2/other_vhosts_access.log" 2009-1-25
"/var/log/apt/term.log" 2010-2-1

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