diff -up logwatch-7.3.6/scripts/logwatch.pl.pom logwatch-7.3.6/scripts/logwatch.pl
--- logwatch-7.3.6/scripts/logwatch.pl.pom 2008-01-08 10:25:25.000000000 +0100
+++ logwatch-7.3.6/scripts/logwatch.pl 2008-01-08 10:31:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ sub Usage () {
" [--print] [--mailto <addr>] [--archives] [--range <range>] [--debug <level>]\n" .
" [--save <filename>] [--help] [--version] [--service <name>]\n" .
" [--numeric] [--output <output_type>]\n" .
- " [--splithosts] [--multiemail]\n\n";
+ " [--splithosts] [--multiemail] [--no-oldfiles-log]\n\n";
print "--detail <level>: Report Detail Level - High, Med, Low or any #.\n";
print "--logfile <name>: *Name of a logfile definition to report on.\n";
print "--logdir <name>: Name of default directory where logs are stored.\n";
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ sub Usage () {
print " not using --splithosts.\n";
print "--output <output type>: Report Format - mail, html or unformatted#.\n";
print "--encode: Use base64 encoding on output mail.\n";
+ print "--no-oldfiles-log: Suppress the logwatch log, which informs about the\n";
+ print " old files in logwatch tmpdir.\n";
print "--version: Displays current version.\n";
print "--help: This message.\n";
print "* = Switch can be specified multiple times...\n\n";
@@ -320,6 +322,7 @@ my @TempLogFileList = ();
my @TempServiceList = ();
my $Help = 0;
my $ShowVersion = 0;
+my $NoOldfilesLog = 0;
my $tmp_mailto;
GetOptions ( "d|detail=s" => \$Config{'detail'},
@@ -340,7 +343,8 @@ GetOptions ( "d|detail=s" => \$Config{
"multiemail" => \$Config{'multiemail'},
"o|output=s" => \$Config{'output'},
"encode" => \$Config{'encode'},
- "html_wrap=s" => \$Config{'html_wrap'}
+ "html_wrap=s" => \$Config{'html_wrap'},
+ "no-oldfiles-log" => \$NoOldfilesLog
) or Usage();
$Help and Usage();
@@ -751,7 +755,7 @@ if ($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";
diff -up logwatch-7.3.6/logwatch.8.pom logwatch-7.3.6/logwatch.8
--- logwatch-7.3.6/logwatch.8.pom 2007-05-19 16:37:42.000000000 +0200
+++ logwatch-7.3.6/logwatch.8 2008-01-08 10:34:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ logwatch \- system log analyzer and repo
.I hostname
.B ] [--splithosts] [--multiemail] [--output
.I output-type
-.B ] [--numeric] [--version] [--help|--usage]
+.B ] [--numeric] [--no-oldfiles-log]
+.B [--version] [--help|--usage]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Logwatch
is a customizable, pluggable log-monitoring system. It will go
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ if HostLimit is set in the logwatch.conf
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"