logrotate - error: stat of log failed: No such file or directory
Issue
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Running logrotate shows error messages similar to the following:
error: stat of /var/log/xferlog failed: No such file or directory -
Log rotate cannot find a log file that needs to be rotated.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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