NAME
App::JobLog::Command::truncate - decapitate the log
VERSION
version 1.042
SYNOPSIS
houghton@NorthernSpy:~$ job truncate -z 2010
truncated portion of log saved in /home/houghton/.joblog/log-2009-01-12--2009-12-29.zip
houghton@NorthernSpy:~$ unzip -l /home/houghton/.joblog/log-2009-01-12--2009-12-29.zip
Archive: /home/houghton/.joblog/log-2009-01-12--2009-12-29.zip
Length Date Time Name
--------- ---------- ----- ----
56342 2011-08-28 16:07 log-2009-01-12--2009-12-29
--------- -------
56342 1 file
houghton@NorthernSpy:~$ head /home/houghton/.joblog/log
# Log file truncated on 2011-08-28T16:07:35.
# Head of log to be found in log-2009-01-12--2009-12-29.zip
# 2010/01/01
2010 1 1 0 0 0:Complyon:adding features to segmenter
# 2010/01/02
2010 1 1 16 40 45:DONE
2010 1 2 14 12 19:Complyon:creating accuracy measurement rig
2010 1 2 14 41 9:DONE
2010 1 2 14 44 5:Complyon:creating accuracy measurement rig
# 2010/01/03
houghton@NorthernSpy:~$ DESCRIPTION
Over time your log will fill with cruft: work no one is interested in any longer, tags whose meaning you've forgotten. What you want to do at this point is chop off all the old stuff, stash it somewhere you can find it if need be, and retain in your active log only the more recent events. This is what truncate is for. You give it a starting date and it splits your log into two with the active portion containing all moments on that date or after. The older portion is retained in your joblog hidden directory.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
David F. Houghton <dfhoughton@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2011 by David F. Houghton.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.