Logrotate on RHEL 5

Linux and Unix-Like Red Hat
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Hi All,

Can any one let me me know if i run /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf will it read the whole /var/log/messages or it just see the time stamp of message file & then rotate the logs.

Just wants to know is logrotation based on messages file contents or messages file time stamp.

Regards

Ankit

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Modification timestamp of the file only, it doesn't care at all about the contents. And no, there's no way to change it as far as I know.