mysql-server-5.5 5.5.54-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 / etc / logrotate.d / mysql-server

# - I put everything in one block and added sharedscripts, so that mysql gets 
#   flush-logs'd only once.
#   Else the binary logs would automatically increase by n times every day.
# - The error log is obsolete, messages go to syslog now.
/var/log/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log /var/log/mysql/error.log {
	daily
	rotate 7
	missingok
	create 640 mysql adm
	compress
	sharedscripts
	postrotate
		test -x /usr/bin/mysqladmin || exit 0
		# If this fails, check debian.conf! 
		MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
		if [ -z "`$MYADMIN ping 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
		  # Really no mysqld or rather a missing debian-sys-maint user?
		  # If this occurs and is not a error please report a bug.
		  #if ps cax | grep -q mysqld; then
		  if killall -q -s0 -umysql mysqld; then
 		    exit 1
		  fi 
		else
		  $MYADMIN flush-logs
		fi
	endscript
}