* compressing rotated logfiles
@ 2006-02-08 16:40 Michael P. Soulier
2006-02-08 17:10 ` Charlie Brady
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From: Michael P. Soulier @ 2006-02-08 16:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hello,
When using multilog or svlogd, it's simple enough to add a processor
of gzip to compress rotated logs. However, it would greatly help our
tools if the rotated, compressed logfile had a .gz file extension.
Can anyone suggest a good way to accomplish this at rotation time?
Thanks,
Mike
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
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* Re: compressing rotated logfiles
2006-02-08 16:40 compressing rotated logfiles Michael P. Soulier
@ 2006-02-08 17:10 ` Charlie Brady
2006-02-09 3:04 ` Michael P. Soulier
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From: Charlie Brady @ 2006-02-08 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: supervision
On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> When using multilog or svlogd, it's simple enough to add a processor
> of gzip to compress rotated logs. However, it would greatly help our
> tools if the rotated, compressed logfile had a .gz file extension.
>
> Can anyone suggest a good way to accomplish this at rotation time?
Since I assume that you are doing this on linux, I'd suggest that you use
inotify to watch the log directory and do renames when svlogd has finished
its post-processing.
Perl API is here:
http://www.edoceo.com/creo/inotify/perl-inotify.php
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* Re: compressing rotated logfiles
2006-02-08 17:10 ` Charlie Brady
@ 2006-02-09 3:04 ` Michael P. Soulier
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From: Michael P. Soulier @ 2006-02-09 3:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: supervision
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On 08/02/06 Charlie Brady said:
> Since I assume that you are doing this on linux, I'd suggest that you use
> inotify to watch the log directory and do renames when svlogd has finished
> its post-processing.
>
> Perl API is here:
>
> http://www.edoceo.com/creo/inotify/perl-inotify.php
Well, I was hoping of a way built-in to the tool, but I guess none is
available. The simplest solution would seem to be a simple nightly cron to
perform the compression and thus renaming, since it's not vital that the
rotated file be compressed immediately.
Mike
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
--Albert Einstein
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