[syslog-ng]file to large error

[Mikko Niskanen]

	Your log file size of 2147483647 strongly suggests
	that Linux ext2 filesystem has max single file size of
	2 gigabytes. As (2^32)/2 equals 2147483648...

		-Mni

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: syslog-ng-admin@lists.balabit.hu
> [mailto:syslog-ng-admin@lists.balabit.hu]On Behalf Of Nate Campi
> Sent: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:17
> To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu
> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng]file to large error
> 
> 
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Nate Campi wrote:
> 
> 
> > # ls -al /var/log/messages
> > -rw----r--    1 root     root      9048923 Sep  5 18:15 messages
> > 
> > Ok, that's a huge logfile, but I just wanted to post that here in case
> > it's relevant.
> 
> I'm sorry, I didn't show the big one:
> 
> # ls -al /var/log/maillog
> -rw-------    1 root     root     2147483647 Sep  2 20:50 maillog
> 
> Is over 2 gigs huge? ;) Now is that the limit of syslog-ng? I have 15 gigs
> or so free in the filesystem it's on.
> 
> --
> Nate Campi
> "If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research." - Einstein
> 
> 
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