Enhanced Support Facility 2.6 User's Guide

13.3 Details of log files

The Log Clear function is executed at system boot, and executed by cron(1M).

The log files are cleared when it meets the following conditions.

File Name	Backup File Name	Log Clear Conditions
/var/adm/messages	/var/adm/messages.{0,1,2,3}	If the mtime of /var/adm/messages.0 file is older than 7 days. (Solaris 9 OS) If the mtime of /var/adm/messages.0 file is older than 7 days. Or, if file size is larger than 512KB. (Solaris 2.6,7,8 OS)
/var/log/syslog	/var/log/syslog.{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}	If the mtime of /var/log/syslog.0 file is older than 7 days. (Solaris 9 OS) If /var/adm/messages file is cleared. (Solaris 2.6,7,8 OS)
/var/adm/wtmpx	/var/adm/wtmpx.old	If file size is larger than 5120KB. If the accounting is enabled, the log file is not cleared.
/var/adm/wtmp	/var/adm/wtmp.old	If /var/adm/wtmpx file is cleared. If the accounting is enabled, the log file is not cleared. (Solaris 2.6,7 OS)
/var/adm/vold.log	/var/adm/vold.log.old	If file size is larger than 256KB.
/var/adm/sulog	/var/adm/sulog.{0,1,2,3}	If file size is larger than 512KB.
/var/cron/log	/var/cron/olog	If file size is larger than 512KB. (Solaris 9 OS) If file size is larger than 462KB. (Solaris 2.6,7,8 OS)
/var/saf/_log	/var/saf/_log.{0,1}	If file size is larger than 256KB.
/var/saf/zsmon/log	/var/saf/zsmon/log.{0,1}	If file size is larger than 256KB.
/var/adm/spellhist	/var/adm/spellhist.old	If file size is larger than 256KB.
/var/lp/logs/requests	/var/lp/logs/requests.{1,2}	At 3:10 every day. (Solaris 9 OS) If the mtime of /var/lp/logs/requests.1 is older than 7 days. Or, if file size is larger than 256KB. (Solaris 2.6,7,8 OS)
/var/lp/logs/lpsched	/var/lp/logs/lpsched.{1,2}	If the mtime of /var/lp/logs/lpsched.1 is older than 7 days. (Solaris 9 OS) If the mtime of /var/lp/logs/lpsched.1 is older than 7 days. Or, if file size is larger than 256KB. (Solaris 2.6,7,8 OS)