etc/cron

etc/cron.daily/logrotate

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# skip in favour of systemd timer
+if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# this cronjob persists removals (but not purges)
+if [ ! -x /usr/sbin/logrotate ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf
+EXITVALUE=$?
+if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
+    /usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"
+fi
+exit $EXITVALUE