On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Dave Sill wrote:
> ... Cyclog will keep N bytes of logs, maximum. That may by two years
> worth of logs or two minutes, but (1) disk is never consumed without
> bound, and (2) every message is logged to disk.
Unfortunately, a message written to disk and erased from it before
anyone had a chance to look at it is as good (read useless) as a message
discarded immediately. :)
The question is: do you prefer to LOSE old messages or new messages when
you run out of space? Syslog says "new messages", cyclog says "old
messages". I have to admit I do not understand why some people think one
of the strategies is inherently better than the other...explanation?
--Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak [ Boycott Microsoft--http://www.vcnet.com/bms ]
"Resistance is futile. Open your source code and prepare for assimilation."
