RE: A complete log rolling & reporting system?

[Dave Sill]

Pavel Kankovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I hate unix.

Yeah, it's the *worst* operating system...except for all the others.

>> True, but a message written to disk and cycled through N log files
>> stands a better chance of being seen than one that never makes it to
>> disk. :-) And if the logs are monitored by a log watching process,
>> "seeing" them is guaranteed.
>
>Unless the log is fed to the program directly (via a pipe of something)

Like a "!processor" multilog action?

>> No, the question is: do you prefer to run out of disk space or keep
>> your logs under predetermined limits?
>
>The size of a log is always kept under a predetermined limit: the
>total capacity of a filesystem where the log is located. :)

You have each log file in a separate partition? Or do you allow a mail 
flood to kill ftp logging?

-Dave