Difference between revisions of "Limit the size of .log files & the journal"

Limit the size of .log files & the journal (view source)

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+== Stop runaway errors from devouring your drive space ==
+The intention of this script is to catch a runaway repetitive error.
+I've created the following script that you place into '''/etc/cron.hourly'''
+ /var/log/*log {
+  hourly
+  rotate 10
+  size 2M
+  compress
+  delaycompress
+  copytruncate
+  notifempty
+  missingok
+  postrotate
+     mv /var/log/*.gz /var/log/old
+  endscript
+   }
+It is much the same as the script block used in the above example, except that it has '''rotate 10''' & most importantly it has the '''size 2M''' command. The '''size''' command takes precedence over the '''rotate''' command, so if any /var/log/*log file reaches a 2M file size inside of 24 hours it will be rotated. This size check happens every hour.
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