Need to shrink/delete apache logs

[oniGLH]

Hello,

the log files located in C:\xampp\apache\logs are very large (3.7GB) and I would like to shrink them/delete them if I can.

is this possible? If so,how do I go about doing this?

XAMPP version: 1.7.4
Windows version: Server 2008

[Altrea]

Hi,

simply delete the file or copy it to another place abd zip it if you want to keep it.
The log file(s) will be created again if they are not in place.

[zardiw]

That's all well and good......however is there some setting that will limit the size of this, or delete data that's say more than 5 days old?........z

[hackattack142]

Short answer: No. Apache does not have such functionality built-in. You could, for example, create a batch file that that leverages rotatelogs.exe in the /xampp/apache/bin folder or that deletes the files in the logs folder and use the Windows Scheduler to run it every so many days.

[anselm]

hi all,

i found this article.....

http://www.sitebuddy.com/mod_log_rotate

i've checked this on win xp sp3 xampp 1.7.1 (apache v.2.2.11)

download the mod_log_rotate.dll or mod_log_rotate.so for Apache XXX version 08_2006
move the mod_log_rotateXXX_08_2006.so to xampp/apache/modules/mod_log_rotate.so or mod_log_rotate.dll

edit http.conf
ErrorLog "| C:/xampp/apache/bin/rotatelogs.exe C:/xampp/apache/logs/error.%Y.%m.%d.log 86400"
(please note! which opens two boxes cmd......)

LoadModule log_rotate_module modules/mod_log_rotate.so

CustomLog "logs/access.%y.%m.%d.log" combined
RotateLogs On
RotateLogsLocalTime On
RotateInterval 84600 (in seconds)

[hackattack142]

As a general note to others, the provided link will only work on XAMPP versions prior to 1.7.5 (compiled with VC6).

[Altrea]

There is a VC9 log_rotate module available for Apache 2.2 here @ Apachelounge
That should work for XAMPP 1.7.5+ (not tested yet)

best wises,
Altrea