"#" couldn't be taken as a comment in logrotate configuration file.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • # couldn't be taken as a comment in the files section of logrotate configuration file.
  • The logs defined in /etc/logrotate.d/syslog couldn't be rotated as expected.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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