how to limit the logfile size of screen

jackandking · 12-17-2008, 02:54 AM

per the man page, if set log on in screen's configuration, the output of current window will be writing to a file "screelog.n".

my problem is that if screen has too much output the logfile will be too huge.
open a 2G size logfile will be too hard for vi.

is there a easy way to set limitation on the logfile size?

thanks in advance.

colucix · 12-19-2008, 01:11 PM

Maybe this post from the screen-devel mailing list at gnu.org is what you're looking for.

jackandking · 12-21-2008, 10:01 PM

yes, that's a solution to my problem.
thank you.