Cropping log files

[Kamus of Kadizhar]

Duncan Booth wrote:
> 
> If you can modify your requirements to say that you need to keep 'at least 
> n records' then rotating file logger will do that, just make sure that the 
> size that is kept in all files is at least n times the largest record you 
> might log. Of course the records will then be split across multiple files.

You know, that just might work.  I need more-or-less n records; the 
number is not critical.

So, if I allow the rotating logger a max file size that accomodates 
approx. n/4 records, tell it to keep older files to a depth of 6, then 
read older log files until I get some number of records greater than n....

I just have bad experience with letting log files get to infinite 
length... :-)

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