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Offline remus

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Do log files get to big
« on: April 22, 2011, 09:59:17 AM »
Hi all,

I've just had a thought, do the log files that linux keeps eventually grow so large that they cause a problem ?

I am wondering how this might effect a tinycore/microcore print or file server.
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Offline curaga

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Re: Do log files get to big
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2011, 11:53:12 AM »
busybox syslogd rotates the main log itself. By default it's 200kb and one old log is kept.

Other apps may or may not rotate their logs.
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Re: Do log files get to big
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2011, 05:47:28 PM »
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Re: Do log files get to big
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2011, 11:15:42 AM »
Thanks to everyones input.

logrotate seems to do the trick
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