Well everyone is listing their editor so here is mine: PFE32 - its a slick Windows editor; opens large files fine without a lock, etc, and its FREE..
-Nick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Holt > Sent: 23. oktober 2003 20:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Len, > There you go again! > > Unix is a great platform. But its not the only platform, nor the best > for every situation, nor the end all to the computing industry. Most > Windows people don't want to learn Unix tools. I personally have an > aversion to command line oriented tools in Windows, because I'm a > "Windows" person. > > When you say, "so, don't open with an editor, obviously.", I don't see > the obvious in this. 1. If it was obvious to the person asking the > question, they would not have asked it. 2. Opening the file in an > editor seems perfectly plausible to me. It just depends on which > editor one might choose. The Unix tools are certainly one option, but > don't discount all other options because you don't use them. 3. Your > arrogance stifles people from asking questions. And that's why we are > all here. > > Len, apparently you have nothing to learn from us and are unwilling to > teach us from your wisdom, so why are you here? > > Now for an alternative answer to the original question: > There are a number of Windows based tools that can do this. Check out > Ultraedit (www.ultraedit.com) for $35.00US. It can open up to 4GB > files. > > I'm sure that other solutions to this problem have been discussed on > this forum in the past. Anyone have something they use currently? > > > Todd Holt > Xidix Technologies, Inc > Las Vegas, NV USA > www.xidix.com > 702.319.4349 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Len Conrad Sent: Thursday, > > October 23, 2003 11:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: > > Re: [IMail Forum] Log file rotation > > > > [This email took a suspicious route to arrive here; Suspected SPAM > (4)] > > > > > > >Is there a method or solution to do log file rotation in Imail? We > have > > log > > >files which are sometimes more than 300 megs. When our support > employees > > are > > >trying to open this file for i.e. troubleshooting email problems > > >they > > cannot > > >help our customers directly because of the duration before the log > file > > is > > >opened. > > > > so, don't open with an editor, obviously. > > > > and make you imail logs smallest by turning off pop and imap logging > until > > you need to debug, leaving only smtp logging. > > > > searching big text files ( and making yourself ad hoc scripts and > > scheduled reports) is best done with Unix tools for Windows. With > these: > > > > cat.exe > > cut.exe > > date.exe > > egrep.exe > > fgrep.exe > > gawk.exe > > grep.exe > > head.exe > > less.exe > > mv.exe > > rmdir.exe > > sed.exe > > sort.exe > > tail.exe > > test.exe > > uniq.exe > > wc.exe > > > > ... you can do a lot of work. > > > > <http://unxutils.sourceforge.net>http://unxutils.sourceforge.net. > > > > Len > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > _ http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training: Wash DC; Dallas; Atlanta > > IMGate.MEIway.com: anti-spam gateway, effective on 1000's of sites, > free > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge > Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge > Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
