[rsyslog] Max Log Size

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 15:43 +0100, Michael Meckelein wrote:
> > Seth Vidal asks a good question:
> > 
> > http://skvidal.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/fixed-size-log-outputs/
> > 
> > Basically he wants to know if you can have syslog output a fixed log 
> > size, and the roll to another name? So say I only wanted 1 meg log 
> > files, and then after I reach 1 meg change the name too foobar.log.1 
> > or something.
> > 
> > I swear I thought this was possible with rsyslog, but I can't find 
> > anything in the docs. Is it possible? Was I hallucinating when I 
> > remembered this feature?
> 
> Based on the discussion I have created a small article
> 
> Log rotation based on a fixed log size
> http://www.rsyslog.com/module-Static_Docs-view-f-log_rotation_fix_size.h
> tml.phtml
> 

Very nice. I appreciate y'all looking into it and acting on it so
quickly.

-sv