Re: Configuring # of Logs to keep

On 3 Dec 1999, Ken Waters wrote:

> 
>      How does one configure how many logs to keep without recycling the 
>      logs?  I understand that "ldmadmin newlog -n 24" will set up 24 logs, 
>      for instance, but the next time the LDM is restarted this apparently 
>      defaults back to 4. 

Ken,

The newlog flag is only a temporary option, to make the option pernament
one needs to modify the bin/ldmadmin script at:

# defualt number of logs to rotate with the newlog command

$numlogs = 4;  


Robb...

 It does not appear that there is a way to do a 
>      "ldmadmin start" that includes the option to specify the number of 
>      logs to use.  I would like to change the default on our system to a 
>      larger number.
>      
>      Any ideas?
>      
>      Thanks,
>      
>      Ken
> 

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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