How to rotate catalina.out using cron job
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Summary
By default, catalina.out file does not rollover, and with time it grows large. This script will be executed by a cron job, to tarball catalina.out file and empty the large file.
Solution
First, create the executable backup.sh file
backup.sh
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16#!/bin/bash #Backup catalina* in a folder /backups in user home SRCDIR="path/to/bamboo-installation-directory/logs" DESTDIR="/home/$USER/backups" DATE_WITH_TIME=`date "+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"` FILE_NAME="Catalina-backup" BACKUP_FILE=$FILE_NAME$DATE_WITH_TIME TARGET="catalina.out" if [ ! -d "$DESTDIR" ]; then mkdir $DESTDIR fi cd $SRCDIR && \ tar -czvf $BACKUP_FILE.tar.gz catalina.out && \ mv $FILE_NAME* $DESTDIR && \ truncate --size=0 $TARGET >&2 exit 0Ensure the file is executable
1chmod +x /path/to/backup.shcreate a cron job to run the script
10 0 * * 5 /path/to/backup.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
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