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I have thus created a PHP script ('realtime_log_prune.php') that is run once a day, a bit after midnight. The script first create a backup copy of the just ended day log file (I use the year-month-date convention in naming that backup file, such as 'realtime_log_2011-05-29.log' for yesterday's file); then, the script prunes all but the last 14 days (an option in the script) of weather data and create a new file; once the new file has been properly created, the old (from the previous day) 'realtime.log' file is deleted and the newly created (pruned) file is renamed 'realtime.log'. Before exiting, the script also deletes all but the 7 last backup files (also an option in the script) - therefore, my disk drive is left with one new (pruned) 'realtime.log' file and 7 'realtime_log_YYYY-MM-DD.log' backup files. With 14 days of weather data, the 'realtime.log' file usually maintains its size at 5,685 MB. That PHP script ('realtime_log_prune.php') should also be uploaded to the server and run once-a-day using a CRON job.

Hi Ray,
Can you post a zipped copy of your realtime_log_prune.php? I have been manually "pruning". this would be great.

Thanks!
Mike