IIRC log rotate only rolls the files in /var/log/asterisk, not /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv
-----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Paul Belanger Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 9:01 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] How to roll-over / move / rotate an Asterisk Master.csv call detail record (CDR) file every 15 minutes On 12-12-04 12:59 AM, Earl Ruby wrote: > If you are trying to provide CDR files to a billing service, such as > WebCDR.com, you need to provide files containing your latest call data > every 15 minutes or so. I wrote a script and a cron job that will > create a new CDR file every 15 minutes with the latest CDR records, > without interrupting call flow. You do not need to make any changes to > your Asterisk configuration to use these scripts. > > There are two files that you need to install on your Asterisk server: > > asterisk-cdr-rollover.sh - A bash shell script. Copy this file into > /usr/local/sbin. This script moves the file > /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv/Master.csv to a new file named > /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv/cdr-YYYYMMDDHHMISS.csv, where YYYYMMDDHHMISS > is the current time. A new zero-byte Master.csv file is created using > the default umask of the user running the asterisk process. Asterisk > will start writing to the new Master.csv file at the end of the next call. > > asterisk-cdr-rollover - This is a cron job. Copy it into /etc/cron.d > and it will run the /usr/local/sbin/asterisk-cdr-rollover.sh script > once every 15 minutes. > > The cron job is set up to run as the user "asterisk". If you are > running asterisk as "root" or some other user name, edit the > asterisk-cdr-rollover cron job and change the name of the user running > the script to the same name as the user running the asterisk process. > > The latest versions of these two files can be downloaded from GitHub: > https://github.com/earlruby/asterisk-cdr-rollover. > > Why not use logroate? $ man logrotate -- Paul Belanger | PolyBeacon, Inc. Jabber: paul.belan...@polybeacon.com | IRC: pabelanger (Freenode) Github: https://github.com/pabelanger | Twitter: https://twitter.com/pabelanger -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
