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Re: Removing old records from log filesby Zaxo (Archbishop) |
on Aug 22, 2001 at 14:21 UTC ( [id://106907]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
With that rate of logging, you are likely to need locks the logger respects to modify the file in place. Given that, a binary search strategy will speed your search for the cutoff time. Another approach would be to set up a cron job renaming the log file out of the way at set times. You may have a system utility called logrotate which specializes in that. Update: Oops :-) After Compline,
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