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A-Shell Development History

New LIT command LOGROLL rolls over—rotates— log files. For example: EVENTS.LOG -> EVENTS.L01 -> EVENTS.L02, etc. It's a commonly accepted technique for keeping the current log file from getting endlessly large, while at the same time being able to maintain a number of historical/archived copies.

.LOGROLL wildspec/switches

Switches

Switch

Meaning

Switches affecting user interface:

/Q

Query/prompt for confirmation on each file

/F

Force confirmation—i.e., roll over without asking

Switches limiting selection of files to roll over:

/MINDAYS:###

Roll over only files not modified in at least ### days

/MINSIZE:####

Roll over only files larger than #### blocks

Switches limiting number of generations of rolled-over files kept:

/MAXDAYS:###

Discard rolled-over copies beyond ### days old

/MAXGENS:###

Discard rolled-over copies beyond ### generations

 

Notes

Retention of rolled-over copies stops after MAXDAYS or MAXGENS, whichever comes first. Defaults: DAYS=unlimited, GENS=5. If GENS < 100, rolled-over copies will use extension x##, where x is the first character of the original extension. Else rolled-over copies will use extension ### (001,002,...).