logrotate not removing old files

Adam

6/15/24, 1:40 PM

I'm trying to create a logrotate configuration that is the same for all log files. Right now I have

/var/log/* {
   size 100k
   rotate 5
   missingok
   compress
}

I created a shell script that makes dummy log files to test logrotate's capabilities. The script is

for i in $(seq 1 100); do
   echo $RANDOM > /var/log/Random.log.${i};
done;
touch -a -m -t 201512180130.09 /var/log/Random.log*

However, when I run sudo logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf the Random.log* files are compressed, but I am still retaining all 100 log files instead of just 5.

Please help!

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