Rolling event log files

Content Gateway provides automatic log file rolling. This means that at specific intervals during the day, Content Gateway closes its current set of log files and opens new log files.

Log file rolling offers the following benefits:

• It defines an interval over which log analysis can be performed.
• It keeps any single log file from becoming too large and assists in keeping the logging system within the specified space limits.
• It provides an easy way to identify files that are no longer being used so that an automated script can clean the logging directory and run log analysis programs.

You should roll log files several times a day. Rolling every six hours is a good guideline to follow.