[syslog-ng] Syslog-ng log file overwrite

[Padmanabhan, Rajeesh (GE Healthcare)]

Hi Valdis,

Thanks for the help. Could you please explain below questons?

1. Will the below format overwrites existing log file?

 
file("/logs/$HOST/$YEAR/$MONTH/messages-$YEAR-$MONTH$DAY");

2. Is there a way to roate log file based on the size?

Idea is I don't want my log partition gets filled & alerts due to lacks
of space :)

Please help.

-Rajeesh
 

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On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:46:18 +0530, "Padmanabhan, Rajeesh (GE
Healthcare)" said:

> Basically what i am trying to configure is log rotation of Syslog-ng 
> files.

You can always cheat, like this:

file("/logs/$HOST/$YEAR/$MONTH/messages-$YEAR-$MONTH$DAY");

Voila! instant auto-magic rotation at midnight. :)