Dailyfile

Description

This small tool copies the content of its standard input into daily switching files.

This allows the user to split the output of a long-time running command into daily (or other duration) files.

It can be easily used on command line, in a much simpler way than logrotate.

License

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Author

Copyright 2017 Christophe Blaess.

Installation

You can install the project with CMake:

$ git clone https://github.com/cpb-/dailyfile
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ../dailyfile
$ make
$ sudo make install

or with the provided Makefile:

$ git clone https://github.com/cpb-/dailyfile
$ cd dailyfile
$ make clean
$ make
$ sudo make install

Usage

$ dailyfile [options]

Options

• -b, --buffer-size=SIZE Use a specific buffer size for the copy.
• -c, --cycle=SECONDS Cycle duration for switching files.
• -d, --directory=DIR Save the files into the given directory.
• -h, --help Display this help screen and quit.
• -l, --localtime Use localtime for filenames instead of G.M.Time.
• -p, --prefix=STRING Use the given prefix for filenames instead of "day-".
• -s, --suffix=STRING Use the given suffix for filenames instead of ".log".
• -v, --version Display version informations.

Default filenames are day-YYYY-MM-DD.log if cycle duration is longer than a day and day-YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm-ss.log if cycle is shorter than a day.

Typical usage

$ some-long-time-running-command | dayfile