Filled Create Server Log clearer

Discussion in 'Archived: Plugin Requests' started by CoxBlox, Aug 24, 2013.

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    CoxBlox

    Hi, my server's log always gets filled up (400mb) roughly every week (several restarts, etc) and It's getting to be a chore to clear it. As a fan of automation, can anyone make a plugin that does this every week, after every restart, etc? The name for it could be Logcleaner or Cleanlog. I'd appreciate it, thanks!
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 24, 2013
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    FakieeGames, Aug 25, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    Yeah I did try it out, works on restart but no timed deletes unfortunately :/
    I like the timing of it the best i.e. delete every 7 days (24000ms, etc).
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 25, 2013
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    rguz10

    Using a dedicated server, VPS, or shared hosting?
     
    rguz10, Aug 25, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    I'm pretty sure shared hosting

    So... any of Bukkit's brilliant developers wanna take a stab at this?

    EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.
     
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    CoxBlox, Aug 25, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    As far as I know: The server log is in use when the server is running, we can't modify a file that is in use.
    However if you are able to change your startup script then I can clear your log every time the server stops
    btw: Don't bump withing 24 hours
     
    timtower, Aug 26, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    sorry, I'm kind of new here; thanks for the info, I have my server restart twice a day, is there any way to tell it to clear log on start every 7 days?
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 26, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    Possible, just need access to that .bat file
     
    timtower, Aug 26, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    Ah, I boot from a shared hosting provider (hosthorde) so I don't really have access to a bat file :eek:
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 26, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    Will see tomorrow if I can come up with something, maybe that I can still edit the server.log while the server is running. Don't know for sure though
     
    timtower, Aug 26, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    Alright, it would be greatly appreciated!

    Actually now that I'm looking at it, if you could make the plugin also clear folder, that would be perfect: I found out today I had 200mb in residence backups, theres no way to disable that so, a nice weekly clear would help fix that :) thanks!
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 26, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    CoxBlox Will make support for folders and files. Will not offer commands for this.
     
    timtower, Aug 26, 2013
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    rguz10

    If clearing a log once a week is too much work, you probably shouldn't host IMO.
     
    rguz10, Aug 26, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    It's not so much work, but a simple plugin could fix something that costs 5 minutes of time each week, would save me 4 and a half hours each year; 4 and a half hours that I could be on my server. If it can save time, why not implement it?
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 26, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    Are you still interested in developing this tim?
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 27, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    Yes I am, will make it so it will clear the files every 6.75 days on startup.
     
    timtower, Aug 27, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    :D Brilliant!
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 27, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/blnnbqe52n64qc1/FileDeleter.jar
    Time is in ms, check the config for it ;) Default is 6.75 day
    Files that are listed but aren't their won't cause errors!
    Please try this on a test server first, this is untested and could delete your server files!!!!!
    The main folder is the one where the server is located
     
    timtower, Aug 28, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    Is there anyway to configure where the file is? i.e. root/plugins/worldedit ?
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 28, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    There is a config list "deleted", there you put in the folders, so that would be: "plugins/worldedit"
     
    timtower, Aug 29, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    Ah, do you change anything for root?
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 29, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    This is already in the root folder, to delete the server.log just add the line server.log
     
    timtower, Aug 29, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    I don't think the plugin works, set time to 6000 ms and the log was still there, good as new despite running for several minutes
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 29, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    It only does something when it gets enabled
     
    timtower, Aug 29, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    Ah has to be inabled in game Ill try that out
    Don't see any in-game commands, how do you activate it exactly?
     
    CoxBlox, Aug 29, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    It will do its thing when it gets loaded, if you want it to run again just restart the server
     
    timtower, Aug 29, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    Ah Tim, can this be done on a home server (running bukkit)?
     
    CoxBlox, Sep 1, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    Edit your run.bat ( or how it is called )
    Code:
    :start
[USER=90771833]Echo[/USER] off
java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar craftbukkit.jar
goto start
    This is mine, this will continually restart the server
     
    timtower, Sep 1, 2013
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    CoxBlox

    I'm running this on my test server yet, despite restarting it manually every 2 minutes (roughly) it doesn't clear the log, and I doing anything wrong?
     
    CoxBlox, Sep 1, 2013
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    Fixed some errors:
    • When I file is in use it will get removed when the server stops
    • Folders get removed, may leave an empty folder, don't worry, this will get removed at the next restart
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/blnnbqe52n64qc1/FileDeleter.jar
     
    timtower, Sep 2, 2013
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