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UNIX / Linux Decompress tgz / tar.gz Files

by Vivek Gite on December 2, 2007 · 0 comments

I’ve downloaded a file from internet in .tgz format. How do I decompress .tgz file under UNIX or Linux operating system using a shell prompt?

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How do I rotate log files?

by Vivek Gite on April 4, 2006 · 6 comments

Q. How do I rotate log files under Linux operating system? A. You need use tool called logrotate, which is designed to ease administration of systems that generate large numbers of log files. It allows automatic rotation, compression, removal, and mailing of log files. Each log file may be handled daily, weekly, monthly, or when [...]

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