asterisk users - Jan 2007 - Manage 'full' log file

Hi,

I need some help on how to manage the "full" log file. It's
getting
quite large now and I'd like to clear it. Is there any simple command
for this or should I just delete the file (need to be sure this won't
affect the system).

Also - how do I keep the log file from growing so large?

Thanks!

Regards,
Jan

We've been using logrotate without any issue... We're using
  the below quoted configuration. Notice the invocation of
  Asterisk's CLI "logger reload" command so as to close the
  old files and open new ones.

  Cheers,
--
  Ex Vito


  /var/log/asterisk/messages /var/log/asterisk/queue_log
/var/log/asterisk/event_log {
        weekly
        rotate 52
        dateext
        compress
        delaycompress
        nocreate
        missingok
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "logger reload"
        endscript
  }

Hi Jan,
You should use the logrotate in order to delete the log on periodic  
intervals. This article is meant to do exactly the opposite :)  
http://astrecipes.net/index.php?n=205 but you get an idea of how to setup  
log file rotation and how to notify Asterisk that it should open a new  
file after the log rotation.

Hope this helps
l.


On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:00:52 +0100, <jan.sarin@securia.se> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need some help on how to manage the "full" log file. It's
getting
> quite large now and I'd like to clear it. Is there any simple command
> for this or should I just delete the file (need to be sure this won't
> affect the system).
>
> Also - how do I keep the log file from growing so large?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Regards,
> Jan
>

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