You should make it a gist and add a path variable for easier adaption. Looks good. On Sep 17, 2012 12:50 PM, "Louis Charette" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.* > > 1. #!/bin/bash > 2. > 3. #Copy the current log to a new file. Add the current date to the > new file name > 4. cp /var/log/ape/ape.log /var/log/ape/ape_$(date +%d%m%y).log > 5. > 6. #Empty the content of the main log file > 7. echo "" > /var/log/ape/ape.log > 8. > 9. # Delete the log files. Find all the file created more than 14 days > ago and delete them > 10. 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 >>>>>>> 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