Martin, Actually - that will work just fine, thanks for the clarification.
I've upped it to 100MB and will have it clean them out once a month. Thanks! -- PJF > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Waschbüsch [mailto:mar...@waschbuesch.de] > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 10:01 AM > To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com > Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] qmail logfile archiving > > Hi there, > > the two values are just variables used to do this: > > The "s" command is used to specify the maximum size of each file before > it gets renamed, and the "n"> command to specify the maximum number of > old log files which may exist before they are deleted. For example... > > multilog t n16 s1048576 ./main > > This allows each file to grow up to 1MB (1048576 bytes) and allows up > to 16 files to exist before the oldest files are deleted. > > So, the way you currently have it, you could have 'logcount' files of a > 'logsize' file size before overwriting old log data, > > Your main problem is going to be that neither of these values has > anything whatsoever to do with timestamps - how far your log reaches > into the past totally depends on the amount of data logged. You could > try setting logcount to something *really* large, though and then > periodically delete all log files older than the desired amount of time > logged... > > like: find /path/to/files* -mtime +30 -delete > > Martin > > -- > Martin Waschbüsch > IT-Dienstleistungen > Lautensackstr. 16 > 80687 München > > Telefon: +49 89 57005708 > Fax: +49 89 57868023 > Mobil: +49 170 2189794 > mar...@waschbuesch.de > http://martin.waschbuesch.de > > Am 12.10.2010 um 18:44 schrieb PJF: > > > Hi, > > > > I need to keep at least 1 month of all mail logs, everything that > logs via: > > > > /var/qmail/supervise/*/log > > > > I'm hoping I can use something like logrotate to rotate out logfiles, > or > > have the same functionality of rotated out logs... > > > > Looking at the log/run files I see it reads some settings for > multilog from: > > > > LOGSIZE=`cat /var/qmail/control/logsize` > > LOGCOUNT=`cat /var/qmail/control/logcount` > > > > Should I just up the logsize? I've got plenty of disk space. > > > > I'm going over the miltilog man page and it is not obvious to me what > the > > most efficient way of accomplishing this is :) > > > > Any suggestions or a point in the right direction would be > appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > > PJF > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and > installations. > > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them > today! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > packages. > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list- > unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > > For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list- > h...@qmailtoaster.com > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and > installations. > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them > today! > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > packages. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list- > unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list- > h...@qmailtoaster.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
