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.IX Title "SCANLOGS 8"
.TH SCANLOGS 8 2024-04-01 "INN 2.7.2" "InterNetNews Documentation"
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.SH NAME
scanlogs \- Summarize and rotate INN log files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBscanlogs\fR [\fBnorotate\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBscanlogs\fR summarizes the information recorded in the INN log files which
reside in the \fIpathlog\fR directory set in \fIinn.conf\fR (see newslog(5) for
further details about these log files).  It is normally invoked by the
news.daily(8) script which performs daily server maintenance tasks.
.PP
It invokes \f(CW\*(C`ctlinnd flushlogs\*(C'\fR to close the news and error log files,
rename them to add \f(CW\*(C`.old\*(C'\fR to the file names and open fresh news and
error logs; the \fIactive\fR file is also flushed to disk, along with the
history database.
.PP
By default, \fBscanlogs\fR rotates and cleans out the logs.  It keeps up to
\&\fIlogcycles\fR old compressed log files in \fIpathlog\fR/OLD (the \fIlogcycles\fR
parameter can be set in \fIinn.conf\fR).  \fBscanlogs\fR also keeps archives
of the \fIactive\fR file in this directory.
.PP
It invokes \fBtally.control\fR if \fInewgroup.log\fR or \fIrmgroup.log\fR exists
in \fIpathlog\fR (see the \fIcontrol.log\fR entry of newslog(5) for more
information about that).
.PP
\&\fBscanlogs\fR displays the first 50 lines of \fIerrlog\fR, \fInews.err\fR
and \fInews.crit\fR, if non-empty, and runs \fBinnreport\fR to summarize the
contents of \fInews\fR, \fInews.notice\fR and \fIperl\-nocem.log\fR, and to update the
\&\fIunwanted.log\fR file amongst other things (see more information about that in
innreport(8)).
.SH OPTIONS
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
Only one option is currently accepted:
.IP \fBnorotate\fR 4
.IX Item "norotate"
Using this option disables the rotating and cleaning aspect of the log
processing: the logs files are only scanned for information and no contents
are altered.  If \fBscanlogs\fR is invoked more than once a day, the \fBnorotate\fR
option should be used to prevent premature log cleaning.
.SH FILES
.IX Header "FILES"
See newslog(5) for the list of log files processed by \fBscanlogs\fR.
.SH HISTORY
.IX Header "HISTORY"
Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> and Rich $alz
<rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  Converted to POD by Julien Elie.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
inn.conf(5), innreport(8), news.daily(8), newslog(5), shlock(1),
tally.control(8).