NAME¶
recaplog - Handles the logs generated by recap; compressing and/or deleting log
files.
SYNOPSIS¶
recaptool [-n|-v|-h|-V]
DESCRIPTION¶
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¶
- -h, --help
- Print out the help.
- -n, --dry-run
- Performs a dry run, implies verbose.
- -v, --verbose
- Prints to stdout.
- -V, --version
- Print version and exit.
SETTINGS¶
These can be modified via the config file.
- LOG_COMPRESS
- Enables(1) or disables(0) log compression. (default: 1)
- LOG_EXPIRY
- 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.
