[Feature] Provide a configuration option for logs rotation #114
Description
System information
Geth version: 1.0.6
OS & Version: Linux
Commit hash : latest release
Expected behaviour
Currently, geth creates every hour a new log file even if you set the MaxBytesSize to relatively large value (e.g. 100MB), e.g.:
[Node.LogConfig]
FileRoot = ""
FilePath = "bsc.log"
MaxBytesSize = 104857600
Level = "info"
This results in:
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318390 Mar 12 17:00 bsc.log.2021-03-12_16
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 317626 Mar 12 17:59 bsc.log.2021-03-12_17
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 317914 Mar 12 19:00 bsc.log.2021-03-12_18
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318458 Mar 12 20:00 bsc.log.2021-03-12_19
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318739 Mar 12 20:59 bsc.log.2021-03-12_20
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319184 Mar 12 22:00 bsc.log.2021-03-12_21
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318645 Mar 12 23:00 bsc.log.2021-03-12_22
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318582 Mar 13 00:00 bsc.log.2021-03-12_23
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 320143 Mar 13 01:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_00
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319308 Mar 13 02:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_01
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319031 Mar 13 03:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_02
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319838 Mar 13 04:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_03
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318024 Mar 13 05:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_04
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 317292 Mar 13 06:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_05
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 316828 Mar 13 06:59 bsc.log.2021-03-13_06
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319357 Mar 13 08:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_07
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 317396 Mar 13 08:59 bsc.log.2021-03-13_08
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319110 Mar 13 10:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_09
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 320053 Mar 13 11:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_10
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319043 Mar 13 12:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_11
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318061 Mar 13 13:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_12
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319053 Mar 13 14:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_13
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319549 Mar 13 14:59 bsc.log.2021-03-13_14
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318054 Mar 13 15:59 bsc.log.2021-03-13_15
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319036 Mar 13 16:59 bsc.log.2021-03-13_16
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319549 Mar 13 18:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_17
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319482 Mar 13 18:59 bsc.log.2021-03-13_18
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 317783 Mar 13 20:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_19
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318536 Mar 13 21:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_20
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 317801 Mar 13 22:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_21
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319516 Mar 13 23:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_22
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 320276 Mar 14 00:00 bsc.log.2021-03-13_23
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318261 Mar 14 01:00 bsc.log.2021-03-14_00
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 316822 Mar 14 02:00 bsc.log.2021-03-14_01
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 317278 Mar 14 03:00 bsc.log.2021-03-14_02
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318844 Mar 14 04:00 bsc.log.2021-03-14_03
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 318133 Mar 14 05:00 bsc.log.2021-03-14_04
-rw-r--r-- 1 bsc bsc 319919 Mar 14 06:00 bsc.log.2021-03-14_05
It seems there is no option to disable logs rotation by hour in the configuration file.
So would be nice to add an option into the config file to:
- rotate by size
- rotate by date (daily, hourly, weekly, monthly, etc)
- disable rotation altogether
Of course, you could completely disable [Node.LogConfig] section and log into stdout and then handle the logs by yourself, but it's not practical, it will involve more tooling.