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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: audit rotate question
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 15:29:11 -0400
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On Wednesday 20 May 2009 02:37:01 pm LC Bruzenak wrote:
> How can I tell when the rotate is complete so I can move the files out?

Use ls -i /var/log/audit/audit.log and watch for the inode to change. Read it 
first, rotate, and then read again. If you don't see progress after a certain 
amount of time, you might want to check syslog for problems.

-Steve