Re: [Patch] Log file handler: limit log size by number of lines

On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 05:30:42PM -0600, Trevor Burnham wrote: > Attached is a patch for the Log package (only file.php is affected) > that adds a new optional configuration parameter to the file handler: > lineLimit. If lineLimit is a positive integer, then when the close() > function is called, the log is rewritten with only the most recent n > lines, where n is the value of lineLimit. (If it's desirable to > reduce the log in this way before the file is closed, there is also a > publicly accessible reduceLog() function.) I appreciate your contribution. However, my opinion on adding this kind of functionality to the Log package remains unchanged from the last time it was suggested (under the "log rotation" heading): http://beeblex.com/lists/index.php/php.pear.dev/35875 Essentially, I believe that log file maintenance tasks should be handled by an external utility. Performing those tasks within the file handler itself is error prone, unreliable, and unnecessarily complex. -- Jon Parise (jon of php.net) :: The PHP Project (http://www.php.net/)