Information about the package, logrotate, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The logrotate package is designed for, Rotates, compresses, removes and mails system log files.
Package Name:
logrotate
Summary:
Rotates, compresses, removes and mails system log files
Description:
The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files. Logrotate allows for the automatic rotation compression, removal and mailing of log files. Logrotate can be set to handle a log file daily, weekly, monthly or when the log file gets to a certain size. Normally, logrotate runs as a daily cron job. Install the logrotate package if you need a utility to deal with the log files on your system.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.7.8
Release:
28.el6
Size:
87 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPL+
Control the logrotate package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install logrotate
This command will install logrotate on the server.
yum remove logrotate
This command will un-install logrotate on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove logrotate, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove logrotate
This command will un-install logrotate on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove logrotate when using the -y flag.
yum update logrotate
This command will update logrotate to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove logrotate, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update logrotate
This command will update logrotate to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove logrotate when using the -y flag.
yum info logrotate
This command will show you core information about the logrotate package.
yum deplist logrotate
This command will show you the dependencies for logrotate. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update logrotate
This command will check if there is an update waiting on logrotate. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.