editing log files at post

[Jonathan Horne]

unfortunately i dont know anything about awk and sed (which is pitiful 
considering my other experience), but i think this is likely the answer to my 
issues.

problem: servers are not compressing log files in /var/log, despite the fact 
that 'compress' exists in the logrotate.conf.


at the end of my kickstart .cfg file, i have a line (its actually the final 
line)

echo "compress" >> /etc/logrotate.conf
EOF

which causes my /etc/logrotate.conf to look like this:

[root at psl-sipas04 log]# cat /etc/logrotate.conf 
# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly

# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4

# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create

# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress

# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d

# no packages own wtmp -- we'll rotate them here
/var/log/wtmp {
    monthly
    minsize 1M
    create 0664 root utmp
    rotate 1
}

# system-specific logs may be also be configured here.
compress
[root at psl-sipas04 log]#


as you can see, the 'compress' is the last line of the .conf file.  but despite 
the fact its there, the server(s) is not compressing the log riles upon 
rotation.  ive been under the impression that the exitance of a 'compress' in 
the uncommented state would cause the behavior i want, but this appears to not 
be so (not sure why here, other research required).

im wondering if i use something other than echoing the compress to the end of 
the file, or if i use awk or sed to locate the...

#compress

and change it to...

compress

if that would help?

would anyone be able to help me with an example that would do this at the post 
of my kickstart, instead of just appending the 'compress' at the bottom/end of 
file?



      
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