recaplog8
Handles the logs generated by recap; compressing and/or deleting log files.
Usage
recaptool [{-n | -v | -h | -V}]
Overview
recaplog is a user-configurable script that runs periodically out of cron or systemd.timer to compress recap log files older than one day, and delete log files older than a configurable amount of days, recaplog will not produce output if a tty is not found, this is useful when running from cron.
Options
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-h, --help -
Print out the help.
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-n, --dry-run -
Performs a dry run, implies verbose.
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-v, --verbose -
Prints to stdout.
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-V, --version -
Print version and exit.
Settings
These can be modified via the config file.
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Enables(1) or disables(0) log compression. (default: 1) |
|---|---|
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Number of days held for the logs. (default: 15) |
Files
/etc/recap.conf - The configuration file.
/etc/cront.d/recap - The cronjob file.
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd/recaplog.{service,timer} - Unit files for recaplog.
/var/log/recap/recaplog.log - The recaplog file.
Releases
Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster).