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Log monitoring

list Alan Sparks
Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:56:37 -0600
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Galen Johnson wrote:
Hey,

I'm having a minor issue with the logging functionality of hobbit.  I have a log file that is rolled daily and, as such, has a date embedded.  I've tried adding the entry like:

log:/path/to/file_`date +%Y.%m.%d`.log:10240

I got the impression from the docs and Henrik's site that this should be possible.  What am I missing?
  
You can... but I think you can only do one or the other, not mix it.  A literal, or the whole thing a command in backquotes.
Perhaps if you try something like:
log:`date +'/path/to/file_%Y.%m.%d.log'`:10240

The file must be readable by the Hobbit user for monitoring to work, of course.
-Alan

I do something like the following for some servers, and it works, maybe you can adapt the concept to your needs:
log:`find /path/to/location -maxdepth 1 -name '

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Alan Sparks, UNIX/Linux Systems Integration and Administration
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