mrw wrote: 
> The ”clue” does not show what you think it does.
> 
> What it almost certainly shows is that, on a number of days, your
> scanner logs exceeded 200k in size. And that logrotate duly rotated them
> as instructed, but before the next time the background scanner ran.
> 
> LMS erases the scanner log each time it starts a background scan, and
> has done for for more years than I have fingers. But if it has already
> been rotated, then there is nothing to erase !
> 
> Perhaps you had set some unusually verbose logging options for the
> period in question.
> 
> But it is, I think, an “unintended” result. Perhaps LMS’ logrotate
> configuration might be modified so as not to rotate the scanner log.
> Refer to the installed configuration file in /etc/logrotate.d. I don’t
> think I’d bother changing it.

Thanks for that very enlightening explanation. As often happens, what I
saw led me to a conclusion that was "simple, obvious... and wrong!"



Usually running latest beta LMS nightly on Raspberry Pi OS with virtual
players (Squeezelite and Airplay bridge). Occasionally using SB Radio,
Boom or Classic.
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