logrotate - error: stat of log failed: No such file or directory

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • 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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