I run 3 sites and have been bugged a lot by php errors and apache errors . So I wanted to figure out an automated and scheduled way to do this . I sat down and wrote a bash script which I now run on cron and relax . It is not perfect , but saves the headache and heartache . In this post I wanted to share this script with you hoping that it might be useful . Here is the script
#/bin/bash
# myperrlog v1.0
# by Shakthidharan http://shakthisoft.net
#
# parse error logs on your server and send you daily updates to email
# configure options
EMAIL=enter email here
WORKDIR="/root"
TAIL=5 # number of entries to send
IGNORE="/backup" # path to ignore
# script starts 'ere
cd $WORKDIR
rm phperrlog.txt
LIST=`locate error_log | grep -v $IGNORE`;
today=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
for i in $LIST
do
if [ -f $i ]; then
time=`date -r $i +%F`
if [ "$time" == "$today" ]; then
echo $i >>phperrlog.txt
echo "---------------------------------" >>phperrlog.txt
tail -n $TAIL $i >>phperrlog.txt
echo -e "\n\n\n\n" >>phperrlog.txt
fi
fi
done
if [ -f phperrlog.txt ]; then
mail -s "server error logs - $today" $EMAIL < phperrlog.txt
fi
Usage
Set the email and other configration options first.
Then, add the script to your cron using, crontab -e. This will start the script every day at the time you want .
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