[cobalt-users] Webalizer & Logrotate, lets try it again...

[Debbie Doerrlamm <wkdwich@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have spent hours following the paths of how the logrotate happens. Since 
the webalizer pkg from cobalt only analyzes the 
/home/sites/sitex/logs/web.log then that was all I was concerned with.

/etc/cron.daily executes logrotate
logrotate calls logrotate.conf
logrotate.conf has a line that says:
include /etc/logrotate.d
in logrotate.d is several files, one for each site which calls to rotate 
the web.log !!

OK.. so this is the only thing I need to adjust here.. the settings in each 
sites logrotate.d/ file.

the webalizer docs state that it can do incremental processing..
webalizer.pl needs to be executed with a -p switch to make it process the 
incremental logs.

It does not state if it will ungz the logs or not that I can find.. Does 
anyone know that??

/etc/cron.daily also executes webalizer.pl
cron.daily is called from roots crontab like so:
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily

So I think I need to remove webalizer.pl from the cron.daily directory, 
place it elsewhere's.. then add a line to the cron to run it daily.. after 
the logrotate or ideally before?? Or is there another solution I'm missing 
here..

The comment line in webalizer.pl states it depends on the conf file being 
in /etc, so that stays and no adjustments to the .pl is needed at all.. 
just change the cron to use the -p switch.. can anyone help me out on that 
string please??

I never saw the "run-parts" in a cron before.. I assume it runs everything 
in that directory?? That's what it means?

Thanks... learning new stuff every day.. frustrating but rewarding :)

Regards,
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