# broctl cron not rotating logs?

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/broctl-cron-not-rotating-logs/4548>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [December 13, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/broctl-cron-not-rotating-logs/4548 "2016-12-13T16:27:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![erik\_clark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@erik\_clark](https://community.zeek.org/u/erik_clark)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/broctl-cron-not-rotating-logs/4548/1 "2016-12-13T16:27:28Z")

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On my 2.5 manager/logger, I see that broctl cron is not rotating the logs in /data/bro/logs/current? How can I fix this. Right now they are growing rather large because they arent getting rotated out and compressed. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![erik\_clark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@erik\_clark](https://community.zeek.org/u/erik_clark)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/broctl-cron-not-rotating-logs/4548/2 "2016-12-13T16:32:02Z")

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Sorry, ignore this. json format logs are much bigger than tsv, so my comparision of logged data was incorrect. They are in fact being rotated properly.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/broctl-cron-not-rotating-logs/4548/3 "2022-05-06T15:44:24Z")

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