tons of files in histlogs/host/files dir

[Asif Iqbal]

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Asif Iqbal <vadud3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have tons of files like histlogs/host/files/Tue_Jan_26_05:22:32_2010
> with contents just this
>
> clear Files status at Mon Jan 25 23:22:30 2010
> No files checked
>
> Status unchanged in 0.00 minutes
> Message received from 10.240.93.27
> Client data ID 1264483352
>
> They are created every 5 mins like Tue_Jan_26_05:17:32_2010,
> Tue_Jan_26_05:22:32_2010, ..
>
> so for 380 hosts I have 12 of those files every hr.
>
> I have 39945600 histlogs/<380 hosts>/files/Tue_Jan_26_05:22:32_2010
> files in histlogs in 1 yr.
>
> Looking for a suggestion on how not to generate so many files.
>
> Currently I am running it like this
>
> [bbhistory]
>        ENVFILE /home/hobbit/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
>        NEEDS hobbitd
>        CMD hobbitd_channel --channel=stachg
> --log=$BBSERVERLOGS/history.log hobbitd_history
>
> Should I disable BBHOSTHISTLOG and/or SAVESTATUSLOG ?
>
> Please advise

These clients are unfortunately windows

>
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> Asif Iqbal
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Asif Iqbal
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?