HI everyone,

I am using the following script to find the latest .jpg file among around 50.000 files:

$file = exec("ls -t /home/ftp/$account | grep .jpg$ -i | head -n 1");

The script works, but multiple "broken pipe" errors occur in the Apache error.log. The log file is around 100GB.

I am almost sure that the above listed script is the troublemaker. Therefore I would like to know a better way to do the same thing.

Distribution: Debian (lenny).

Thanks in advance, Rasmus

Try this:

ls -1t *.mp3 | head -1

Hi,

A (ascii) logfile of 100Gb is, well "a bit over the top". Some programs will have problems with a file this big, others will take big bites out of your resources and some won't work at all. This also depends on (amounts of) hardware, linux/unix and/or distro used.

Your first priority should be taking care of the logfile(s). Take a look at logrotate.

You don't mention which linux distro you use, so I cannot point you in the specific direction. Feed your search-engine with "linux logrotate apache" to get going (maybe add your distro).

Hope this helps.

Thanks for your answers. I changed the command to ls -tr | tail -1 and the broken pipe error disappeared.