---
name: "recaplog"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "recap"
version: "2.1.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/recaplog"
---

# recaplog(8)

Handles the logs generated by recap; compressing and/or deleting log files.

## NAME

recaplog - Handles the logs generated by recap; compressing and/or deleting log files.

## SYNOPSIS

**recaptool** \[-n\|-v\|-h\|-V\]

## DESCRIPTION

recaplog is a user-configurable script that runs periodically out of cron or systemd.timer to compress recap log files older than one day, and delete log files older than a configurable amount of days, recaplog will not produce output if a tty is not found, this is useful when running from cron.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Print out the help.

- **-n, --dry-run**

  Performs a dry run, implies verbose.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Prints to stdout.

- **-V, --version**

  Print version and exit.

## SETTINGS

These can be modified via the config file.

- **LOG\_COMPRESS**

  Enables(1) or disables(0) log compression. **(default: 1)**

- **LOG\_EXPIRY**

  Number of days held for the logs. **(default: 15)**

## FILES

```
/etc/recap.conf - The configuration file.
/etc/cront.d/recap - The cronjob file.
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd/recaplog.{service,timer} - Unit files for recaplog.
/var/log/recap/recaplog.log - The recaplog file.
```

## REPORTING BUGS

Bugs and issues to be submitted via github \<https://github.com/rackerlabs/recap/issues\>.

## AUTHOR

The recap scripts are maintained by Rackspace, the list of contributors is available at https://github.com/rackerlabs/recap/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#contributors.

## SEE ALSO

[**recap.conf**(5)](/recap.conf/5.md), [**recap**(8)](/recap/8.md), [**crontab**(5)](/crontab/5.md), [**systemd.timer**(5)](/systemd.timer/5.md)