[Eug-lug] Limit size of log files?

[Mark Turner]

Its fairly easy to limit log file size if you use logrotate. In the
configuration specification for each log you can give it a size
parameter,  which will rotate the log when it hits that size.

Example:
# sample logrotate configuration file

       /var/log/messages {
           rotate 5
           weekly
           size=100k
           postrotate
                                     /sbin/killall -HUP syslogd
           endscript
       }


On 1/31/07, Matthew Jarvis <mattj at bikefriday.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to globally set how big log files can get?
>
> i.e. maillog, maillog.1, maillog.2
>
> I was hoping that this global setting would also control apache,
> postgres etc but that's prolly asking too much...
>
>
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