Add '--no-oldfiles-log' option that suppresses a warning about old files in the
logwatch temporary directory.
Author: Ivana Varekova <varekova@redhat.com>
RH-Bugzilla: #230974
--- logwatch-20110113/logwatch.8.orig 2010-05-01 04:32:20.000000000 +0200
+++ logwatch-20110113/logwatch.8 2011-01-13 11:49:28.631589520 +0100
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.I report format
.B ] [--encode
.I encoding to use
-.B ] [--numeric] [--version] [--help|--usage]
+.B ] [--numeric] [--no-oldfiles-log] [--version] [--help|--usage]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Logwatch
is a customizable, pluggable log-monitoring system. It will go
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
then only logs from this hostname will be processed (where appropriate).
.IP "\fB--numeric\fR"
Inhibits additional name lookups, displaying IP addresses numerically.
+.IP "\fB--no-oldfiles-log\fR"
+Suppress the logwatch log, which informs about the
+old files in logwatch tmpdir.
.IP "\fB--usage\fR"
Displays usage information
.IP "\fB--help\fR"
--- logwatch-20110113/scripts/logwatch.pl.orig 2011-01-13 11:40:57.083697486 +0100
+++ logwatch-20110113/scripts/logwatch.pl 2011-01-13 11:48:07.477874059 +0100
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ my @TempLogFileList = ();
my @TempServiceList = ();
my $Help = 0;
my $ShowVersion = 0;
+my $NoOldfilesLog = 0;
my ($tmp_mailto, $tmp_savefile);
&GetOptions ("d|detail=s" => \$Config{'detail'},
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ my ($tmp_mailto, $tmp_savefile);
"hostformat=s" => \$Config{'hostformat'},
"hostlimit=s" => \$Config{'hostlimit'},
"html_wrap=s" => \$Config{'html_wrap'},
+ "no-oldfiles-log" => \$NoOldfilesLog,
"subject=s" => \$Config{'subject'}
) or &Usage();
@@ -632,7 +634,7 @@ if ($Config{'debug'} > 7) {
opendir(TMPDIR, $Config{'tmpdir'}) or die "$Config{'tmpdir'} $!";
my @old_dirs = grep { /^logwatch\.\w{8}$/ && -d "$Config{'tmpdir'}/$_" }
readdir(TMPDIR);
-if (@old_dirs) {
+if ((@old_dirs) && ($NoOldfilesLog==0)) {
print "You have old files in your logwatch tmpdir ($Config{'tmpdir'}):\n\t";
print join("\n\t", @old_dirs);
print "\nThe directories listed above were most likely created by a\n";
@@ -1077,7 +1079,7 @@ sub ReadConfigFile {
sub Usage () {
# Show usage for this program
print "\nUsage: $0 [--detail <level>] [--logfile <name>] [--output <output_type>]\n" .
- " [--format <format_type>] [--encode <enconding>] [--numeric]\n" .
+ " [--format <format_type>] [--encode <enconding>] [--numeric] [--no-oldfiles-log]\n" .
" [--mailto <addr>] [--archives] [--range <range>] [--debug <level>]\n" .
" [--filename <filename>] [--help|--usage] [--version] [--service <name>]\n" .
" [--hostformat <host_format type>] [--hostlimit <host1,host2>] [--html_wrap <num_characters>]\n\n";
@@ -1088,6 +1090,8 @@ sub Usage () {
print "--output <output type>: Report Output - stdout [default], mail, file.\n"; #8.0
print "--format <formatting>: Report Format - text [default], html.\n"; #8.0
print "--encode <encoding>: Enconding to use - none [default], base64.\n"; #8.0
+ print "--no-oldfiles-log: Suppress the logwatch log, which informs about the\n";
+ print " old files in logwatch tmpdir.\n";
print "--mailto <addr>: Mail report to <addr>.\n";
print "--archives: Use archived log files too.\n";
print "--filename <filename>: Used to specify they filename to save to. --filename <filename> [Forces output to file].\n";