[ic] Large usertrack file

[John1]

On Saturday, September 25, 2004 10:37 PM, jon at endpoint.com wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, John1 wrote:
>
>> I have noticed that our usertrack file is now 50MB.
>
> Unless you're actually doing something with the usertrack file, you'd
> be better off disabling it altogether by commenting out the UserTrack
> lines in catalog.cfg.
>
> Oops, make that the TrackFile directive which uses a file called
> "usertrack".
>
>> Should we be rotating this file?
>>
>> Will the size of this file start impact performance?
>
> I suppose it will eventually impact performance, but probably isn't
> critical at 50 MB yet. But sure, if you're going to keep a log file,
> it's always best to rotate it. I think this one you can just rotate
> with standard distribution tools such as logrotate, or your own
> homegrown rotation script, and Interchange will automatically add new
> entries to the new file when the old one disappears.
>
Thanks for the info Jon.  I think I'll leave it running but rotate it as you
suggest.