Thanks to Tim Evans who pointed out that there is a small amount of time (around when the overwrite is actually taking place) when new messages might not get logged, for example, problems with the overwrite. I left them as APPEND. -- Jim Original post: > Greetings Gurus -- > > I'm using Live Upgrade (LU) 2.0 to upgrade Solaris 2.6 to 8. > > In the file /etc/lu/synclist are listed a dozen files to synchronize when > cutting over to the new boot environment. Most are listed OVERWRITE, meaning > LU will overwrite them with contents from the old boot environment (BE). > Seems logical. > > But /var/log/syslog and /var/adm/messages are listed APPEND, meaning > append the contents from the old BE. Won't this result in mostly duplicate > entries in those files, basically doubling their size? Wouldn't it be better > to OVERWRITE those, too? -- Jim Winkle, UNIX System Administrator, UW-Madison, DoIT. Contact info: BioComp: help_at_biocomp.doit.wisc.edu http://www-biocomp.doit.wisc.edu/ Other: jwinkle_at_doit.wisc.edu http://jwinkle.doit.wisc.edu/ Or use 264-HELP for help with services, 262-9507 to reach me directly. _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Wed Mar 6 11:08:13 2002
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