Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:07:02 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limiting the size of syslogd output files using options in syslog.conf Message-ID: <30082.1561525622@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <bf597c3830ebabbef6ac422a5d648e1eed13fac5.camel@freebsd.org> References: <bf597c3830ebabbef6ac422a5d648e1eed13fac5.camel@freebsd.org>
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-------- In message <bf597c3830ebabbef6ac422a5d648e1eed13fac5.camel@freebsd.org>, I= an Le pore writes: >I've posted a review of a small syslogd change which lets you set a >limit on the size of syslogd output files in /etc/syslog.conf. The >idea is to prevent filling up a filesystem on emmc or sdcard or other >small storage device on an embedded system with unexpected logging >triggered by some error or failing hardware. You should consider fifolog(1) in such environments. -- = Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe = Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence= .
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