recaplog - Handles the logs generated by recap; compressing and/or deleting log files.
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Description
recaplog is a user-configurable script that runs periodically out of cron or systemd.timer to compress
recap log files older than one day, and delete log files older than a configurable amount of days,
recaplog will not produce output if a tty is not found, this is useful when running from cron.
Files
/etc/recap.conf - The configuration file.
/etc/cront.d/recap - The cronjob file.
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd/recaplog.{service,timer} - Unit files for recaplog.
/var/log/recap/recaplog.log - The recaplog file.
Name
recaplog - Handles the logs generated by recap; compressing and/or deleting log files.
Options
-h,--help
Print out the help.
-n,--dry-run
Performs a dry run, implies verbose.
-v,--verbose
Prints to stdout.
-V,--version
Print version and exit.
Reporting Bugs
Bugs and issues to be submitted via github <https://github.com/rackerlabs/recap/issues>.
See Also
recap.conf(5), recap(8), crontab(5), systemd.timer(5) Aug 18, 2017 RECAPLOG(8)
Settings
These can be modified via the config file.
LOG_COMPRESSEnables(1) or disables(0) log compression. (default:1)LOG_EXPIRY
Number of days held for the logs. (default:15)Synopsis
recaptool [-n|-v|-h|-V]
