How to compress files in Linux
How to compress Listener log file in Linux
Step:-1
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cd /u01/app/oracle/10.2.0/db_1/network/admin --- listener log location
du -sh *|sort -n
du -sh listener.log
Step:-2
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vi filecompress.sh
cd /u01/app/oracle/10.2.0/db_1/network/admin --- listener log location
cp listener.log listener_currentdate.log
cat /dev/null > listener.log
-- press esc key
:wq
Run the filecompress.sh in nohup
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nohup sh -x filecompress.sh > filecompress.log 2>> filecompress.err &
Step:-3
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gzip -9 listener_currentdate.log
du -sh *.gz
--- OR ---
tar -zcvf listener_currentdate.tar.gz listener_currentdate.log
du -sh *.tar.gz
Note:-
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Listener will be available in the above process and no data loss of listener log file.
For Example, 3 GB file will be compressed to 100M (approx).
