ASLMANAGER(8) BSD System Manager's Manual ASLMANAGER(8)

NAME
     aassllmmaannaaggeerr - Apple System Log data store file manager

SYNOPSIS
     aassllmmaannaaggeerr [-ss storedir] [-aa [archivedir]] [-ttttll days] [-ssiizzee maxsize]

DESCRIPTION
     aassllmmaannaaggeerr manages files in the ASL data store written by the ssyyssllooggdd
     server.

     aassllmmaannaaggeerr is started automatically at various times.  It runs shortly
     after the ssyyssllooggdd server starts, at midnight (local time) if the system
     is running, and any time a file in the ASL data store directory
     (/var/log/asl) reaches a maximum size limit as specified to the ssyyssllooggdd
     server.

     aassllmmaannaaggeerr scans through the files in the ASL data store directory
     /var/log/asl, or some other directory specified following the -ss flag.
     Files that contain only messages that are older than the default 2 day
     time-to-live are either archived or removed.  The default 2 day time-to-
     live value may be overridden by supplying a value following the -ttttll
     flag.  A value of zero allows files to remain in the store with no time
     limit.

     A maximum size may be provided as a value following the -ssiizzee flag.  This
     will cause aassllmmaannaaggeerr to archive (if -aa is specified) and remove files
     until the total size of the data store is maxsize bytes or less.  Files
     are removed in order starting from oldest to newest.  Files with the same
     date are removed in standard lexigraphic sort order by file name.

     Files are either removed entirely or copied to an archive directory.  If
     the -aa flag is specified with no argument, files are copied to the
     /var/log/asl.archive directory.  An alternate directory path may be spec-
     ified following the -aa flag.

SEE ALSO
     syslogd(8), syslog(1), asl(3), syslog(3),

HISTORY     The aassllmmaannaaggeerr utility appeared in Mac OS X 10.5.6.

Mac OS X                       December 7, 2007                       Mac OS X