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Isn't that after all the philosophy behind slackware?
Greg


On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 11:29:28AM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> Thanks, Kirk,
> I guess I have to do that sort of thing by hand in Slackware.
> Pity.
> Chuck
> 
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Kirk Wood wrote:
> 
> > Charles,
> >
> > I checked arround on my system. In my monthly cron job file there is a
> > comment that the rotation of wtmp has been taken over by logrotate. (I
> > have debian if it matters.) Also, I noticed that I have a wtmp.1 last
> > modified on Jan 31, and a wtmp. From this information I would think that
> > it would be fine to move the file and let the system create a new one
> > automatically. If you wanted to be sure, you could touch the file just
> > after moving to put a new one in place.
> >
> > =======
> > Kirk Wood
> > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> >
> > Nowlan's Theory:
> >         He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from
> >         the next freeway exit.
> >
> >
> >
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