Rotating logs

[Peter Remirez]

Hi,

I have a large file i.e. >=2GB and would like to transfer it over the WAN. I have tried splitting(using split) such file into smaller equal sized chunks and transferring these separate chunks over the WAN, and reassembling them later.

However, may I know how I could "rotate the log" for such files to effectively transfer it over the WAN?

Besides rotating the log, are there better ways/tools for transferring huge files, NOT only filesystems?

Thanks

[Ollie R]

Hi,

To rotate the logs, it would depend on which process is writing to it - you'll possibly have to stop and start the process to allow the log switch. Which process are you referring to?

Large files can be zipped using "gzip" which generally gives a very good compression ratio with text.

Ollie.

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
What you can do :

create a file with no bytes ( named test1 or so )
touch test

copy the original file to file named filename_YYMMDD
copy syslog syslog_030710

copy the file test to syslog
copy test syslog

zip syslog_030710
gzip syslog_030710

If you put something like this in a script, you can take the systemdate to rename or copy your originalfile.

Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes