Can logrotate set limits on archived file size?

0xdefec8 · 04-04-2008, 03:43 PM

This is my problem: logrotate works great at limiting how often I want to rotate my logs based on size and/or date. And it lets me limit how many old copies of logs I want to keep.

My problem is that the total size of my archived logs occasionally gets too large. I can set a limit on how many old copies I want, but not how large to allow them to grow. And yes, I compress them.

Is there a way to limit their size within logrotate?

Thanks!

jonesr · 04-05-2008, 08:22 PM

It does feel like something that logrotate should be able to do with a single directive, but I know of no other way than to write a script to prune however you like, then call it from a "prerotate" or "postrotate" section.