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logrotate template
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logrotate.cron
#!/bin/sh
# Delete log files older than {{ daysdelete }} days
nice -n 19 find {{ logdirectory }} -type f -name "*.bz2" -mtime +{{ daysdelete }} -exec rm '{}' \; >/dev/null 2>&1
# Compress log files older than {{ dayscompress }} days
ionice -c3 nice -n 19 find {{ logdirectory }} -type f ! -path "*.bz2" ! -path "*.log" ! -path "*.gz" -mtime +{{ dayscompress }} -exec bzip2 '{}' \; >/dev/null 2>&1
# Reload rsyslog
/bin/kill -HUP $(cat /var/run/rsyslogd.pid)
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