From: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
Subject: Re: [runit/svlogd] RFE: periodic log-rotation; filter-malfunction
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:18:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041018171809.22727.qmail@0e94f701020d31.315fe32.mid.smarden.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sma1dmfu.fsf@kosh.ultra.csn.tu-chemnitz.de>
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:55:49AM +0200, Enrico Scholz wrote:
> I am using svlogd 1.0.2 + socklog 1.5.0 which are great programs. But I
> miss a small feature: I am using network logging and have some hosts
> with a small log-volume. On these, the logrotation (configured with
> 's4096') happens very seldom (perhaps 3-4 times per day) and I would
> miss important messages when evaluating the logs on the loghost.
>
> Because the transfer is expensive (piped into stunnel), and I want to
> share the configuration with other hosts with a higher log-volume, I do
> not want to play with the 's....' parameter.
>
> Would it be possible to add another option (e.g. 'a<seconds>') which
> sends SIGALRM at <seconds> seconds after the last logrotation?
While re-reading this thread I tend to agree that this could be a
valuable feature. Using a signal shouldn't be necessary when making it
a config option.
Regards, Gerrit.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-18 17:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-02 9:55 Enrico Scholz
2004-09-02 19:48 ` Gerrit Pape
2004-09-02 19:53 ` Charlie Brady
2004-09-02 20:12 ` Gerrit Pape
2004-09-02 21:58 ` Enrico Scholz
2004-09-03 11:08 ` Gerrit Pape
2004-09-11 9:56 ` Gerrit Pape
2004-09-03 14:54 ` Joan Picanyol
2004-09-03 15:15 ` Charlie Brady
2004-10-18 17:18 ` Gerrit Pape [this message]
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