[KLUG Members] syslogd

[Bruce Smith]

> I need to add a time stamp (or at least a year field) to the messages 
> stored in /var/log/messages. I can't find any parameters on syslog that 
> makes such possible. Does somebody know if there is a way to change the 
> date stored?

The command "logger" can write entries to the syslog file from a 
shell script.  You could log the year and use cron to schedule it
automatically once a year.  (or however often you like :)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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