Setting a quota on logs

[Denna]

Is there a way to set a quota on log size (system, wireless, etc.) ?

Would logrotate be the best tool ?

What is a reasonable size limit for a log ?

Is there a relationship between the size of a log and its memory usage ?

 

[RMerlin]

There is only one log (syslog), which auto-rotates on 256 KB (if I remember correctly).

 

[Denna]

@RMerlin,

Thank you.​

 

[joegreat]

There is only one log (syslog), which auto-rotates on 256 KB (if I remember correctly).

Correct:
chief@RT-AC87U:/tmp/home/root# ps -w | grep syslog
686 admin 1412 S /sbin/syslogd -m 0 -S -O /tmp/syslog.log -s 256 -l 7

-s SIZE Max size (KB) before rotation (default:200KB, 0=off)

If you are not happy with the size before rotation, you can kill syslogd and start it with a different -s value - plus you can use -b NUM to define the number of rotated logs to keep (default:1, max=99, 0=purge).

 

[Denna]

@joegreat,

Thank you.​