[nycbug-talk] savelogs

[Marc Spitzer]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:11:39 -0500 (EST), Dru <dlavigne6 at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> Anyone have any idea what I'm missing here? I'm using sysutils/savelogs on
> a FreeBSD 5.2.1 system to rotate and compress logs. Works beautifully from
> the command line whether I'm in the tcsh or the sh shell.
> 
> However, as soon as I script it (Bourne shell script, simply has the same
> command I run at the command line), it runs TWICE, resulting in an empty
> log file.
> 
> I'm losing hair on this one. Any suggestions?

what does the  cron log say, /var/log/cron on my  5.3 system.  I do
not have savelogs installed so  is it a script or compiled program?  
It may me as simple as a  path issue,  when it happens to me it
usually is.

good luck,

marc