NAME

bigfile —

kill (or signal) a process when a file grows too big

SYNOPSIS

bigfile [-v] [-S signal] [-w interval] -p pid -s maxsize filename

The bigfile utility examines a file periodically and sends a signal to a process when the file reaches the specified size.

Options:

The bigfile utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

The operation of the bigfile utility is currently not affected by environment variables.

The operation of the bigfile utility is currently not affected by any files.

Kill a tcpdump process when its output goes over 100 KB:

bigfile -p `pgrep tcpdump` -s 102400
  traffic.tcp

Send a hangup signal to a daemon as soon as possible if it's been too verbose:

bigfile -S HUP -w 1 -p `cat
  /var/run/d.pid` -s 8000 /var/log/d.log

The bigfile utility was written by Peter Pentchev in 2010.

Peter Penchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩

No, thanks! Still, if you should find any, please report them to the author :)