RE: log file

Since I always include a date/time stamp in my log files, I've never
found it a big deal to calculate an age offset (based either upon a
fixed number of days or using a data area) and delete any records out of
my log(s) when the appropriate program starts (usually the one that
writes to the log file itself). I usually do this in the initialization
paragraph. Typically just a few lines of code takes care of it.

But I really like Peter's idea of using a trigger in some cases to make
it automatic.

Jim W.
Developer
Foodstuffs 
 
Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. 
Earp, Wyatt


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Sent: Thursday, 26 October 2006 15:08
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Subject: log file


Is there something I can do to a file to cause it to keep the last <= n
records added to it? That is, if n is 10, writing the 11th record would
cause record 1 to be discarded, and the new record would be the 10th
record in the file.

Something like that would be useful in the case of a log file. The file
is
helpful for diagnosing recent problems, but you don't want it filling up
the disk, or filling up and being unable to write more records.