Which of the following commands is used to rotate, compress, and mail system logs?

Question

Options

• Alogrotate
• Bstriplog
• Csyslogd --rotate
• Drotatelog
• Elogger

• A
  80% (24)
• B
  7% (2)
• C
  3% (1)
• E
  10% (3)

Explanation

logrotate is the correct answer because it is the standard Linux utility specifically designed to automate rotation, compression, removal, and mailing of log files, configured via /etc/logrotate.conf and /etc/logrotate.d/. striplog is not a standard system utility - it exists in some version control contexts but has nothing to do with log management. syslogd --rotate is fabricated; syslogd (or its modern replacement rsyslogd) handles log collection and routing, not rotation, and has no --rotate flag. rotatelog is an Apache utility for piping log output, not a general system log rotation tool. logger is a real command but only sends messages to the system log - it does not rotate or manage logs.

Memory tip: Think of logrotate as doing exactly what its name says - it rotates logs - and it's the one tool that does all three things in the question (rotate, compress, mail). If you see those three verbs together on an exam, logrotate is the answer.

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