{{tag>[linux rotatelogs]}} =====Rotatelogs - log rotating stdout===== * 86400 = rotate every night, 3600 is rotate at the beginning of the hour. * 100M = max 100 megabytes. apt-get install apache2-utils /usr/local/bin/serialWatch.exp ttyUSB0 | rotatelogs -f /mnt/ram/p1data 86400 100M