From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general/607 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gerrit Pape Newsgroups: gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general Subject: Re: [runit/svlogd] RFE: periodic log-rotation; filter-malfunction Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:18:32 +0000 Message-ID: <20041018171809.22727.qmail@0e94f701020d31.315fe32.mid.smarden.org> References: <87sma1dmfu.fsf@kosh.ultra.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098119882 11057 80.91.229.6 (18 Oct 2004 17:18:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:18:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: supervision-return-846-gcsg-supervision=m.gmane.org@list.skarnet.org Mon Oct 18 19:17:49 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from antah.skarnet.org ([212.85.147.14] ident=qmailr) by deer.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CJb8n-0004P5-00 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:17:49 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 20169 invoked by uid 76); 18 Oct 2004 17:18:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact supervision-help@list.skarnet.org; run by ezmlm List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: Original-Received: (qmail 20164 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2004 17:18:10 -0000 Original-To: supervision@list.skarnet.org Mail-Followup-To: supervision@list.skarnet.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87sma1dmfu.fsf@kosh.ultra.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general:607 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.supervision.general:607 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') which > sends SIGALRM at 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.