NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       recaplog  is  a  user-configurable script that runs periodically out of cron or systemd.timer to compress
       recap log files older than one day, and delete log files  older  than  a  configurable  amount  of  days,
       recaplog will not produce output if a tty is not found, this is useful when running from cron.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Print out the help.

       -n, --dry-run
              Performs a dry run, implies verbose.

       -v, --verbose
              Prints to stdout.

       -V, --version
              Print version and exit.

SETTINGS

       These can be modified via the config file.

       LOG_COMPRESS
              Enables(1) or disables(0) log compression.  (default: 1)

       LOG_EXPIRY
              Number of days held for the logs.  (default: 15)

FILES

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

REPORTING BUGS

       Bugs and issues to be submitted via github <https://github.com/rackerlabs/recap/issues>.

AUTHOR

       The   recap   scripts   are   maintained   by  Rackspace,  the  list  of  contributors  is  available  at
       https://github.com/rackerlabs/recap/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#contributors.

SEE ALSO

       recap.conf(5), recap(8), crontab(5), systemd.timer(5)

                                                  Aug 18, 2017                                       RECAPLOG(8)