limiting the size of syslog log files

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glance-control

GLANCE-CONTROL(1)						      Glance							 GLANCE-CONTROL(1)

NAME

       glance-control - Glance Daemon Control Helper

GLANCE DAEMON START
/STOP/RELOAD HELPER
   SYNOPSIS
	  glance-control [options] <SERVER> <COMMAND> [CONFPATH]

       Where <SERVER> is one of:
	  all, api, registry, scrubber

       And command is one of:
	  start, stop, shutdown, restart, reload, force-reload

       And CONFPATH is the optional configuration file to use.

   OPTIONS
	  --version
		 show program's version number and exit

	  -h, --help
		 show this help message and exit

	  --config-file=PATH
		 Path  to  a config file to use. Multiple config files can be specified, with values in later files taking precedence. The default
		 files used are: []

	  -d, --debug
		 Print debugging output

	  --nodebug
		 Do not print debugging output

	  -v, --verbose
		 Print more verbose output

	  --noverbose
		 Do not print more verbose output

	  --log-config=PATH
		 If this option is specified, the logging configuration file specified is used and overrides any other logging options	specified.
		 Please see the Python logging module documentation for details on logging configuration files.

	  --log-format=FORMAT
		 A logging.Formatter log message format string which may use any of the available logging.LogRecord attributes. Default: none

	  --log-date-format=DATE_FORMAT
		 Format string for %(asctime)s in log records. Default: none

	  --log-file=PATH
		 (Optional) Name of log file to output to. If not set, logging will go to stdout.

	  --log-dir=LOG_DIR
		 (Optional) The directory to keep log files in (will be prepended to --logfile)

	  --use-syslog
		 Use syslog for logging.

	  --nouse-syslog
		 Do not use syslog for logging.

	  --syslog-log-facility=SYSLOG_LOG_FACILITY
		 syslog facility to receive log lines

	  --pid-file=PATH
		 File to use as pid file. Default: /var/run/glance/$server.pid

   SEE ALSO
       o OpenStack Glance

   BUGS
       o Glance is sourced in Launchpad so you can view current bugs at OpenStack Glance

AUTHOR

       OpenStack

COPYRIGHT

       2010-present, OpenStack, LLC.

2012.1.1							  March 14, 2013						 GLANCE-CONTROL(1)

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