Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 04:46:50 +0000 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Thomas Quinot <thomas@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Thomas Quinot <thomas@freebsd.org>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syslog.conf syntax change (multiple program/host specifications) Message-ID: <200302130446.50943.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <20030213001845.GA85036@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> References: <20030210114930.GB90800@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> <200302111430.03156.wes@softweyr.com> <20030213001845.GA85036@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org>
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On Thursday 13 February 2003 00:18, Thomas Quinot wrote:
> Le 2003-02-11, Wesley Peters écrivait :
> > mail.info /var/log/maillog G 4M
> > lpr.info /var/log/lpd-errs 256K
> > local3.* /var/log/foo B 1K
> > ftp.* /var/log/ftp B 1M
>
> I think this can be achieved without modifying syslogd. You can achieve
> the same effect by using an appropriate program as the log destination
> (think Apache's rotatelogs).
>
> Eg:
> local3.* |/usr/local/sbin/loglimit /var/log/foo B 1K
>
> Where loglimit would copy stdin to the named file, rotating it when
> appropriate.
Now that's an innovative solution to the problem. It has the over-
head of an additional process for every log file you want to limit,
but it is certainly worthy of consideration. Thank you.
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
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