Clean logs for all tasks

Clean logs for all tasks

[Ilya Zonov]

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Hello!

I have little question. Does cleaning logs feature exist in Org mode now? I
didn't find anything similar.

I have calendar.org file with some tasks which should be done every day or
week. Logging is on for them (in :LOGBOOK: drawer). After few month I have
too big file with many logs and only ten tasks. So I want to clean up logs
which are older one or two month for example.

If there are no cleaning logs feature in org-mode, I will try to write it.

Thanks.

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*Илья Зонов* (*Ilya Zonov*) aka *puzan*
Нижний Новгород, Россия (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)

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Re: Clean logs for all tasks

[Samuel Wales]

Hi Ilya,

That would be a great feature.  You might want to allow for specific
things to be cleaned but not others.  The variable value might look
like '(state clock note), for example.

You might also want to allow for cleaning up until one month ago, for example.

Finally, somehow putting hte old items into the archive might be desirable.

Samuel

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Re: Clean logs for all tasks

[Bastien]

Hi Ilya,

Ilya Zonov <izonov@gmail.com> writes:

> If there are no cleaning logs feature in org-mode, I will try to
> write it.

Would be nice.  Let us know how it goes,

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Clean logs for all tasks

[Ilya Zonov]

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Hi Bastien,

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Bastien <bzg@altern.org> wrote:

>
> Would be nice.  Let us know how it goes,
>
>
I'll be on vacation next week in Spain. So I will look in this only in
October. I'll write when I have some results.

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*Илья Зонов* (*Ilya Zonov*) aka *puzan*
Нижний Новгород, Россия (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)

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Re: Clean logs for all tasks

[Michael Brand]

Hi Ilya

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Ilya Zonov <izonov@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have calendar.org file with some tasks which should be done every day or
> week. Logging is on for them (in :LOGBOOK: drawer). After few month I have
> too big file with many logs and only ten tasks. So I want to clean up logs
> which are older one or two month for example.
>
> If there are no cleaning logs feature in org-mode, I will try to write it.

This is something I always wished to have.

If I don't miss too much, LOG_INTO_DRAWER is now supported to be just
nil or t. I suggest to extend it like this:

- number of entries :: “:LOG_INTO_DRAWER: 5” would mean logging is on
     and all logs but the newest 5 will be removed
- age :: “:LOG_INTO_DRAWER: 2w” would mean logging is on and all logs
         older than two weeks will be removed
- date :: “:LOG_INTO_DRAWER: [2012-01-01 Sun]” would mean logging is
          on and all logs older than this date will be removed

“age” is my favourite for the first approach of an implementation
because I estimate it to be the best compromise between “simplicity”
and usability. “number of entries” would be comparably useful for me
but needs updating some state information when parsing and a second
pass to remove the logs. “date” I mentioned more for completeness but
could also be useful together with occasional manual backup to keep
log history.

Michael