On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 07:42:46 +0100 David <david.g_jo...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Dear Group, > > I am running Syslog-ng on a Raspberry Pi, it stores the data sent to > it on a 64G memory stick. It's working very well. > > I retrieve the syslog file by SSHing into the Pi and copying the file > to my main PC. > > The problem I have is that the file has now grown to 3.7G and normal > text editors wont open it. > > Can anybody recommend a text editor or text viewer that will work with > large files? If all else fails, you can cut the file into chunks. The split and cat utilities are one way to break and join files. > > The solution going forward is to get Syslog-ng to start a new file > every month, anybody know if this is possible? > Logrotate is the log management utility, syslog-ng doesn't need to deal with this. The syslog-ng on my server saves to standard /var/log system files, so that all happens automatically. If you're saving to a specific new file, you need a new logrotate.conf entry, preferably a new file in /etc/logrotate.d. -- Joe
