Here you go. Be sure to adjust the path of the script and the logs to your server configuration.
> Create a new file: > nano /etc/init.d/ape/ape-clean-log.sh > > Put this code in the script file. Change the log file location to match your > server configuration. BE CAREFULL, the line of code to delete the old log > will delete everything in the folder. That's why I put all my logs in a "APE" > directory. > #!/bin/bash > > #Copy the current log to a new file. Add the current date to the new file name > cp /var/log/ape/ape.log /var/log/ape/ape_$(date +%d%m%y).log > > #Empty the content of the main log file > echo "" > /var/log/ape/ape.log > > # Delete the log files. Find all the file created more than 14 days ago and > delete them > find /var/log/ape/ -type f -mtime +14 | xargs -r rm > > Give permission to the new file > chmod +x /etc/init.d/ape/ape-clean-log.sh > > Edit crontab > crontab -e > > Code for crontab. Adjust the number (0) if you want the script to execute at > another time than midnight everynight > 0 0 * * * /etc/init.d/ape/ape-clean-log > /dev/null I didn't test overnight, but I know the line to delete the old file works as I'm using the same code to manage and move old MySQL Backups. - Louis Le 2012-09-17 à 08:55, Nicolas Guibert <[email protected]> a écrit : > Great. Why not share the few lines of code here? > > Thanks for your time and effort Louis. > > > 2012/9/17 Louis Charette <[email protected]> > I just tried what I suggested, and it does seems to work. Ape still write in > the original ape.log file and the previous content is store in another file. > I also added in my crontab something to get rid of the old files (> 14 days). > > - Louis > > Le 2012-09-17 à 07:29, Nicolas Guibert <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> lol >> >> >> 2012/9/17 Louis Charette <[email protected]> >> No but I should, last time I check the log was pretty big lol. >> >> Envoyé de mon iPhone >> >> Le 2012-09-17 à 07:16, Nicolas Guibert <[email protected]> a écrit : >> >>> Yes that sounds like a good idea Louis. Many thanks. I will try that and >>> come back here to confirm that it worked. >>> >>> Are you using this Louis? >>> >>> >>> >>> 2012/9/17 Louis Charette <[email protected]> >>> Duplicate the file ape is using (copy/paste) and empty the main file after >>> (echo "" > /var/log/ape.log) ? >>> >>> Envoyé de mon iPad >>> >>> Le 2012-09-17 à 07:03, Nicolas Guibert <[email protected]> a écrit >>> : >>> >>>> Pablo, >>>> >>>> I have tried renaming the APE log file manually and seen with my eyes that >>>> APE was still logging in the renamed file... Not opening a new file with >>>> the old name. Which means my renaming was useless. >>>> >>>> Do you see the problem? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2012/9/17 Pablo Tejada <[email protected]> >>>> Like i said in my other post, you can go back to using the file log method >>>> and avoid that the file gets bigger with a cron job. For example you can >>>> add a job that runs every 24 hours that would rename the ape.log file to >>>> something like YYYY-MM-DD_HHHH.log >>>> Ex: 2012-09-17_1301.log >>>> >>>> On Sep 17, 2012 4:12 AM, "Nicolas Guibert" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> Hi Pablo, >>>> >>>> Many thanks for your reply. >>>> >>>> The problem with the standard file logging implementation is that log >>>> rotation does not work. My understanding is that the file is not closed >>>> and reopened when rotated. The file that is open by APE changes its name >>>> from log.txt to log.txt.1 then it becomes log.txt.2, etc. So the file >>>> keeps getting bigger and bigger. This makes it very difficult to use the >>>> logs when needed as I only have one huge file and not one per day as I >>>> would like. >>>> >>>> That's why I tried syslog but that does not seem to help much as the >>>> memory used by APE gets bigger and bigger until obviously APE crashes... I >>>> would much prefer if I did not need to restart APE every few days. >>>> >>>> I am not sure what version I am using, but it is very likely that it is >>>> the one that I mentionned in earlier posts, the one that was working fine >>>> with Mysql (1.0.8 maybe or some version with an 8 in any case). I have not >>>> updated lately for fear the Mysql would stop working. I have seen several >>>> threads on this issue so am not really keen on spending time dealing with >>>> Mysql again. >>>> >>>> Again many thanks. What do you think of this? Am I missing something? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2012/9/14 Pablo Tejada <[email protected]> >>>> If you want to go back to the standard file logging implementation. You >>>> can add a proper file rotation with a cron job. BTW which APE server build >>>> are you using? >>>> >>>> On Sep 14, 2012 2:56 AM, "Nicolas" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have recently switched to syslog for my logs. It is great since I now >>>> have a proper log rotation (which was not possible with the standard file >>>> logging implementation) >>>> >>>> The problem is that I can see my aped process getting bigger and bigger. >>>> It looks that it is taking the exact same size as the logs. >>>> >>>> After one day of running my program, I already have 192m in Virt memory >>>> and 152 in Res. >>>> >>>> Not surprizingly my process crashed yesterday morning after a few days... >>>> >>>> Anything that can avoid that problem? It would be a shame to reload aped >>>> every day for that... >>>> >>>> Nicolas. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "APE Project" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/ape-project?hl=en >>>> --- >>>> APE Project (Ajax Push Engine) >>>> Official website : http://www.ape-project.org/ >>>> Git Hub : http://github.com/APE-Project/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "APE Project" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/ape-project?hl=en >>>> --- >>>> APE Project (Ajax Push Engine) >>>> Official website : 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