Randy McMurchy wrote: > Hi all, > > The BLFS book is sorely in need of a package used to rotate, compress, > store, archive, whatever - various log files. > > Traditionally, this has been the logrotate package. I'm going to try > to get a package into the book before 6.1 is released. I probably should > be concerned about more pressing packages needed for BLFS, such as > tools for wireless connectivity (still on my todo list), but a log > rotating package should be a simple endeavor. > > The floor is now open for discussion about which packages folks use, > or if you use a home-brewed script, please contribute. If we're going > to add a package to BLFS, it may as well be the best/most favorite/you > pick the adjective/ package. > > There are many out there. >
This is not a serious suggestion for BLFS, but just for info. I use Socklog from Gerrit Pape's Runit suite instead of syslog, and it has automatic log rotation becuase it logs thru svlog (a GP logger that just timestamps messages on a pipe to stdin). This is one of the things that made me drop sysvinit and syslog long ago. Every service on my system is setup (if I can) to log to stdout, which is then piped to a svlog process. My logs are all laid out beautifully and conistently in /var/log. Every one is rotated and they are all to materially the same format. R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
