> > Seth Vidal asks a good question: > > > > http://skvidal.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/fixed-size-log-outputs/ > > > > Basically he wants to know if you can have syslog output a fixed log > > size, and the roll to another name? So say I only wanted 1 meg log > > files, and then after I reach 1 meg change the name too foobar.log.1 > > or something. > > > > I swear I thought this was possible with rsyslog, but I can't find > > anything in the docs. Is it possible? Was I hallucinating when I > > remembered this feature? > > Logrotate is able to rotate based on file size. What you could do (as a > workaround if rsyslog can't do it directly) is use inotify or a similar > tool > to monitor the log file and then when it reaches the size you want call > logrotate to do the logrotation.
I just confirmed, it is possible with rsyslog using outchannel. Use something like this in your rsyslog.conf: #start log rotation via outchannel $outchannel log_rotation,/var/log/log_rotation.log,52428800,/home/mm/./logrot *.* $log_rotation #end log rotation /home/mm/logrot is a simple script with a single command: mv -f /var/log/log_rotation.log /var/log/log_rotation.log.1 In short: rsyslog always writes to log_rotation.log. If log_rotation.log reaches 50 mb, the file is moved to log_rotation.log.1. With this, 100 mb are the maximum amount which is used for logging. Best regards, Michael _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog
