This script is used in Mac OS X and Windows to rotate logs. In Linux, log rotation is handled via the logrotated daemon, and so is not a part of the install. See Log Rotation.
Location
- Mac OS X:
/Applications/pfx/qube/utils/logrotate.py - Windows:
C:\Program Files\pfx\qube\utils\logrotate.py
Usage
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Usage:
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logrotate.py
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[-s
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<logSize>
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-k
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<logCount>]
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<logFile>
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Options:
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-h
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--help
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show this help message and exit
-s MAX LOG SIZE, --size=MAX
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LOG
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Examples
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SIZE
log size threshold which will trigger a log rotation -
eg. 100000000, 100000K 100M, 0.1G
-k COUNT, --keep=COUNT
number of logs to keep - default: 4
-n --dry-run
do a dry run, but do not actually perform the rotation; implies --verbose
-v --verbose
Examples
Rotate the supelog at 75M
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logrotate.py -s
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75M /var/log/
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supelog
Rotate the workerlog at 250M (0.25G == 250M)
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logrotate.py -
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s
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0.25G /var/log/
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workerlog
Display what the log rotation script will do, but do not actually do the rotation (a dry run)
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logrotate.py -n -s 50M /var/log/supelog