So simple I'm disgusted I didn't think of it. Thanks. Paul Cocker IT Systems Administrator IT Security Officer 01628 81(6647) TNT Post (Doordrop Media) Ltd. 1 Globeside Business Park Fieldhouse Lane Marlow Bucks SL7 1HY -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:henrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 20 September 2007 21:51 To: Paul Cocker Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: SquidNT - Compressing rotated logs On tor, 2007-09-20 at 12:31 +0100, Paul Cocker wrote: > Since I'm running SquidNT there's no native log rotation method. I'm > writing a batch file to handle this, but I would like to zip up the > archive copies of the log to save space, seeing as how store.log and > access.log are 500MB+ each in less than a week. Thing is, I want to > run this from the command line, preferably without relying no any 3rd > party solutions. Here is one idea using only Windows: Create a log archival directory, configure it to be compressed and that files stored there should get automatically compressed. Then in your batch job that rotates the logs, copy the logs there and let the filesystem compress them for you.. Regards Henrik TNT Post is the trading name for TNT Post UK Ltd (company number: 04417047), TNT Post (Doordrop Media) Ltd (00613278), TNT Post Scotland Ltd (05695897),TNT Post North Ltd (05701709) and TNT Post South West Ltd (05983401). Emma's Diary and Lifecycle are trading names for Lifecycle Marketing (Mother and Baby) Ltd (02556692). All companies are registered in England and Wales; registered address: 1 Globeside Business Park, Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1HY.
