Its not a matter of time but of file size. Apparently gzip has (or had) some limitation it needed to honer before the file got to the limit. BTW, I found the easoest way to grep for something in one of the compressed archives was to use something like zcat /var/log/syslog.2.gz | grep cron | less Larry On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Stephen wrote: > But you seem to have done that part allready. You can check timestamps to > get a real sense of time logged. > On May 8, 2012 10:44 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > >> So I get it.... it saves a total of 8 logs 6 of which are compressed and >> so how long is each log a record of? From my inspection of the log it seems >> as if it covers a little more than a day. Teach mw about this! I'm all ears! >> >> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> you guys are so helpful. Well, there is a /var/log/syslog and syslog.1 >>> but after that it is syslog.2-7.gz, not 'z'. Does that sound right? Which >>> is the most recent? >>> >>> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Carruth, Rusty < >>> Rusty.Carruth@smartstoragesys.com> wrote: >>> >>>> You should see syslog.0, syslog.1, etc. (possibly with .z on the >>>> end). Those are your older logs.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> rusty**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to multiple recipients, always use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy) and not To: or CC:. Remove all addresses from the message body before sending a Forwarded message. This can prevent spy programs capturing addresses from the recipient list and message body.