19990708: dcgrib file 1.8G

>From: Tom Priddy <address@hidden>
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>Keywords: 199907081509.JAA28085

>From:  Tom Priddy
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>My dcgrib.log is 1.8G in size.....how do I reduce the size and
>keep things working?
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Tom,

You can periodically rotate the "dc" logs so they do not grow so large.
To start, just delete the current file. You can add a crontab entry
to rotate the log nightly like:
0 17 * * * bin/newlog data/gempak/logs/dcgrib.log 2

The above entry every night at 1700 local time will move the
current dcgrib.log to dcgrib.log.1, dcgrib.log.1 to dcgrib.log.2
and remove the dcgrib.log.2 file (the 2 at the end of the newlog
command defines how many daily files to keep).

You also man be running "dcgrib" from pqact.conf using the -v
flag which causes verbose logging. You can decrease the amount of log
information by removing that flag from the invocation- at the expense of
making it harder to debug problems later if they should arise.

Steve Chiswell