Re: {bb} BBOUT.OLD size

[Jeff Stoner <leapfrog@freeshell.org>]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Ben Pitzer wrote:

> This reminds me to ask, however, why is there no log rotation facility
> built into BB?  What do most of you do for rotating BBOUT and LARRDOUT
> files?

This gives you the power to integrate it into your log rotation scheme to 
fit your Standard Operating Procedures. Some folks keep log files for 
years, some don't care and remove them as soon as possible. I've seen some 
applications that managed their log files in ways that defeats what I want 
to accomplish - causing me to twist into knots to force the app to conform 
to my SOP.

It would be good to have a suggested means of rotating logs, even 
supplying a script to do it. Then, during install, give the admin the 
option of using it or not using it (and leaving the configuration to a 
later task) or leaving that out of the install and merely adding it to the 
README files asa suggested install procedure.

Personally, I integrated log rotation into the runbb.sh as another action 
in the case statement. It would stop BB, rename and compress the log, then 
start BB back up.

--Jeff

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