NAME

recaplog - Handles the logs generated by recap; compressing and/or deleting log files.

SYNOPSIS

recaptool [-n|-v|-h|-V]

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.

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.

SETTINGS

These can be modified via the config file.

LOG_COMPRESS: Enables(1) or disables(0) log compression. (default: 1)
LOG_EXPIRY: Number of days held for the logs. (default: 15)

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.

REPORTING BUGS

Bugs and issues to be submitted via github <https://github.com/rackerlabs/recap/issues>.

AUTHOR

The recap scripts are maintained by Rackspace, the list of contributors is available at https://github.com/rackerlabs/recap/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#contributors.