recaplog(8)

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NAME

6       recaplog  -  Handles  the  logs  generated by recap; compressing and/or
7       deleting log files.
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SYNOPSIS

11       recaptool [-n|-v|-h|-V]
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DESCRIPTION

15       recaplog is a user-configurable script that runs  periodically  out  of
16       cron  or  systemd.timer to compress recap log files older than one day,
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18       will not produce output if a tty is not found, this is useful when run‐
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OPTIONS

23       -h, --help
24              Print out the help.
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26       -n, --dry-run
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SETTINGS

37       These can be modified via the config file.
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FILES

48       /etc/recap.conf - The configuration file.
49       /etc/cront.d/recap - The cronjob file.
50       /usr/lib/systemd/systemd/recaplog.{service,timer} - Unit files for recaplog.
51       /var/log/recap/recaplog.log - The recaplog file.
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REPORTING BUGS

55       Bugs and issues to be submitted via github  <https://github.com/racker‐
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AUTHOR

60       The recap scripts are maintained by Rackspace, the list of contributors
61       is    available    at     https://github.com/rackerlabs/recap/blob/mas‐
62       ter/CHANGELOG.md#contributors.
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