logcut

Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 20 July 2008
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NAME

logcut - shorten logfiles

SYNOPSIS

edrc/bin/logcut [ -h | -p ]

logcut [ -s size ] -c

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/edrc

DESCRIPTION

logcut is used to shorten logfiles on a UNIX/Linux system. The logfile is shortened if a configurable row limit is reached. This limit can be set for each logfile.

To avoid to fill up a file system with logfiles this command may be placed in crontab and scheduled to run on a regular basis. See the EXAMPLES section for examples.

OPTIONS

-h

the usage message.

-p

print logfiles report.

-c

cut/shorten the logfiles.

-s size

size in rows. If specified, this command line option overrides the LOGSIZE= and LOG[n ]= setting in the configuration file.

EXAMPLES

1. crontab entry to run logcut in a two hour interval:

# run logcut in a 2 hour interval
#
0 0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22 * * * [ -x /opt/edrc/bin/logcut ] \
  && /opt/edrc/bin/logcut -c >/dev/null 2>&1

FILES

etc/logcut.cfg

configuration file of logcut .

var/log/logcut.log

Logfile of logcut .

RETURN STATE

0

No error.

2

configuration file logcut.cfg does not exist.

4

usage listed.

5

program aborted (Ctrl-C, ...).

NOTES

logcut is derived from the emlogcut comand which is part of the EM-1/emtools module within EM-1, the EVENT-MANAGER-1 software package developed by Christian Walther. With EM-1 you can manage and resolve sports events. This is a database application based on Linux and PostgreSQL and provides an ASCII and a WEB interface, as well as many functions to manage a sports event and calculate rank lists and bills in an efficient way. For questions about EM-1 contact the author of EM-1: wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

BUGS

AUTHOR

logcut was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see edrc/doc/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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