Re: Limiting the size of log files...

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In addition to ww's comment: the acto of transferring the data from the old log file to the new needs additional space, causes I/O and takes time. All three points could introduce more errors.

So, log rotation, as recommended by Anonymonk seems to be a far better strategy.

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Re^2: Limiting the size of log files... by SteveTheTechie (Novice) on Nov 03, 2013 at 23:15 UTC
Good points. I will look at the module. If I think it is well written and well suited to the task, I will give it a go.	[reply]

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