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streamroller
node.js file streams that roll over when they reach a maximum size, or a date/time.
npm install streamroller
usage
var rollers = require('streamroller');
var stream = new rollers.RollingFileStream('myfile', 1024, 3);
stream.write("stuff");
stream.end();
The streams behave the same as standard node.js streams, except that when certain conditions are met they will rename the current file to a backup and start writing to a new file.
new RollingFileStream(filename [, maxSize, numBackups, options])
filename
<string>maxSize
<integer> - defaults to0
- the size in bytes to trigger a rollover. If not specified or 0, then no log rolling will happen.numBackups
<integer> - defaults to1
- the number of old files to keep (excluding the hot file)options
<Object>encoding
<string> - defaults to'utf8'
mode
<integer> - defaults to0o600
(see node.js file modes)flags
<string> - defaults to'a'
(see node.js file flags)compress
<boolean> - defaults tofalse
- compress the backup files using gzip (backup files will have.gz
extension)keepFileExt
<boolean> - defaults tofalse
- preserve the file extension when rotating log files (file.log
becomesfile.1.log
instead offile.log.1
).fileNameSep
<string> - defaults to'.'
- the filename separator when rolling. e.g.: abc.log.
1 or abc.
1.log (keepFileExt)
This returns a WritableStream
. When the current file being written to (given by filename
) gets up to or larger than maxSize
, then the current file will be renamed to filename.1
and a new file will start being written to. Up to numBackups
of old files are maintained, so if numBackups
is 3 then there will be 4 files:
filename filename.1 filename.2 filename.3
When filename size >= maxSize then:
filename -> filename.1 filename.1 -> filename.2 filename.2 -> filename.3 filename.3 gets overwritten filename is a new file
new DateRollingFileStream(filename [, pattern, options])
filename
<string>pattern
<string> - defaults toyyyy-MM-dd
- the date pattern to trigger rolling (see below)options
<Object>encoding
<string> - defaults to'utf8'
mode
<integer> - defaults to0o600
(see node.js file modes)flags
<string> - defaults to'a'
(see node.js file flags)compress
<boolean> - defaults tofalse
- compress the backup files using gzip (backup files will have.gz
extension)keepFileExt
<boolean> - defaults tofalse
- preserve the file extension when rotating log files (file.log
becomesfile.2017-05-30.log
instead offile.log.2017-05-30
).fileNameSep
<string> - defaults to'.'
- the filename separator when rolling. e.g.: abc.log.
2013-08-30 or abc.
2013-08-30.log (keepFileExt)alwaysIncludePattern
<boolean> - defaults tofalse
- extend the initial file with the patterndaysToKeep
numBackups
<integer> - defaults to1
- the number of old files that matches the pattern to keep (excluding the hot file)maxSize
<integer> - defaults to0
- the size in bytes to trigger a rollover. If not specified or 0, then no log rolling will happen.
This returns a WritableStream
. When the current time, formatted as pattern
, changes then the current file will be renamed to filename.formattedDate
where formattedDate
is the result of processing the date through the pattern, and a new file will begin to be written. Streamroller uses date-format to format dates, and the pattern
should use the date-format format. e.g. with a pattern
of "yyyy-MM-dd"
, and assuming today is August 29, 2013 then writing to the stream today will just write to filename
. At midnight (or more precisely, at the next file write after midnight), filename
will be renamed to filename.2013-08-29
and a new filename
will be created. If options.alwaysIncludePattern
is true, then the initial file will be filename.2013-08-29
and no renaming will occur at midnight, but a new file will be written to with the name filename.2013-08-30
. If maxSize
is populated, when the current file being written to (given by filename
) gets up to or larger than maxSize
, then the current file will be renamed to filename.pattern.1
and a new file will start being written to. Up to numBackups
of old files are maintained, so if numBackups
is 3 then there will be 4 files:
filename filename.20220131.1 filename.20220131.2 filename.20220131.3