gistfile1.txt

ip-10-251-97-220 etc # netstat -tn | grep 5038
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:57929         127.0.0.1:5038          ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:57928         127.0.0.1:5038          ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5038          127.0.0.1:57929         ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5038          127.0.0.1:57928         ESTABLISHED
ip-10-251-97-220 etc # cd cron.daily
ip-10-251-97-220 cron.daily # ls
logrotate.cron  makewhatis  syslog.cron
ip-10-251-97-220 cron.daily # nano -w syslog.cron 
ip-10-251-97-220 cron.daily # ./syslog.cron
ip-10-251-97-220 cron.daily # netstat -tn | grep 5038
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:57929         127.0.0.1:5038          CLOSE_WAIT 
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:57928         127.0.0.1:5038          CLOSE_WAIT 
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5038          127.0.0.1:57929         FIN_WAIT2  
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:5038          127.0.0.1:57928         FIN_WAIT2  

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syslog.cron

#! /bin/sh

# sysklogd      Cron script to rotate system log files daily.
#
#               If you want to rotate other logfiles daily, edit
#               this script.  An easy way is to add them manually
#               or to add -a to syslogd-listfiles and add some grep
#               stuff
#
#               Written by Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>.
#               $Id: syslog-cron,v 1.6 2007/07/13 10:31:25 uberlord Exp $

cd /var/log

logs=$(syslogd-listfiles)

for LOG in $logs
do
   if [ -s $LOG ]; then
      savelog -g adm -m 640 -u root -c 7 $LOG >/dev/null
   fi
done

# Restart syslogd
#
/etc/init.d/sysklogd restart > /dev/null

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