Limiting the size of a log file
 

I'm using a syslog daemon to capture logs and put them in /var/log/my_log_file.log . This logfile is incredibly increasing in terms of size. Is there an intelligent way to restrict its size, to say, 1 MB, and new data will overwrite the older one? Thanks folks.

I haven't used RedHat in a long time, but if I'm not wrong RedHat uses logrotate (/etc/logrotate.d/).

Take a look at the examples there.

You can add your entry or create a seperate file(s) for your personal stuff.

Also take a look at: man 8 logrotate