truncating log files (fifo)

truncating log files (fifo)

[Joe Casadonte]

I want to write to a log file, and have a maximum number of lines,
such that when the max is exceeded, the oldest lines (the ones at the
beginning of the file) are lopped off.  Not terribly difficult to do,
but if there's a package that does something like this already, I'd
rather not re-invent the wheel.  Does anyone know of anything?  Thanks!

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Regards,

joe
Joe Casadonte
jcasadonte@northbound-train.com

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Re: truncating log files (fifo)

[Kai Großjohann]

"Joe Casadonte" <jcasadonte@northbound-train.com> writes:

> I want to write to a log file, and have a maximum number of lines,
> such that when the max is exceeded, the oldest lines (the ones at the
> beginning of the file) are lopped off.  Not terribly difficult to do,
> but if there's a package that does something like this already, I'd
> rather not re-invent the wheel.  Does anyone know of anything?  Thanks!

nnmail-cache-insert comes to mind, but it's specific to that file
format.

kai
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