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Syslog-ng doesnt perform file rotation. This would the the job of
something like '<a href="https://fedorahosted.org/logrotate/">logrotate</a>'.<br>
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Sent: Mon Jul 25 2011 09:50:42 GMT-0600 (MST)<br>
From: William Tambellini <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:William.Tambellini@galaxysemi.com"><William.Tambellini@galaxysemi.com></a><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu">syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu</a> <br>
Subject: [syslog-ng] log file size limit
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Syslog-ng team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> We are currently
evaluating syslog-ng
in order to satisfy some requests from our customers
regarding logs from our
software.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> One of their requests
is to limit log
file size using some kind of rotation algo : if size >
6Mo then rotate to
another file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> We have found some
options in file destination
like fifo buffer control but nothing about files rotation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> Is there anything for
that kind of
feature ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">WT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">William Tambellini<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Lead Technical Organizer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.galaxysemi.com">www.galaxysemi.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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elsewhere in the universe
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