RE: Linux crash aid request

["Colin Price (EML)" <Colin Price eml ericsson se>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John J. Donohue [mailto:jdonohue mcallen lib tx us]
> Sent: 02 August 1999 18:30
> To: Colin Price (EML)
> Subject: RE: Linux crash aid request
> 
> 
> > 
> > 	Q : How does the log directory clean itself?
> > 		(ie, there must be a config file which says :
> > 			'When a certain size, archive and start another file'
> > 			'When a certain number of files, remove')
> > 
> on some distributions, the root cron file trims logs above 32k, usually in
> the wee hours of the morning. 
Yeah - I've looked that up but there's nothing that touches the /var/log directory.
There must be something but it seems have escaped me.

Keep any suggestions rolling in.
I have looked at what doc I could find (archive's not available at http://www.redhat.com/community/list_subscribe.html)