[Xastir] Rotating Logs

[Chip Griffin]

On Nov 12, 2007, at 13:55, Alex Carver wrote:

> What about the logrotate program that already handles system logs  
> (like the cron log)?

1. That (at least on my end) is written in BASH. Not everyone who  
uses Xastir uses BASH, so if I mimic it I might write something not  
useful to everyone. I'd bet everyone has Perl installed on their  
machine (I'd be shocked if they didn't). Granted, my early version  
requires the module from CPAN, but that's a lot less drastic than  
insisting they swap shells.

2. I was having trouble deciphering it enough to reproduce it.

3. My original goal was to write a script to rename (rotate) the  
screenshot so that I could keep a bunch (~100). That would enable to  
make a movie of a trip or evolution. But no approach I've had so far  
has been successful in this realm. One of the downsides of  
Logfile::Rotate is that it compresses every file it rotates. That  
wouldn't work for my screenshot plan, not without adding an unwanted  
layer.

Eventually I'll figure it all out. It's a matter of time and effort.


73,
--de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn