umair shakil wrote: > Dear all Salam, > > i have installed logrotation package in BSD, the script runs every night at > 3:00 pm night and makes > filename.1.gz. but when i use less command to see this gz file it says "do u > want to see binary file??" > through which utility i can see the contants of the file??? If BSD works like Centos, you could use: gunzip -c filename.1.gz|less Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk at crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk