Basics in Logging

Do Log files ever get too large?

I log a lot of variables in a twitter script, that is running i开发者_StackOverflowndefinitely. Does this pose a risk for my server or are there maintenance issues I should consider?

What are the best practices for managing log files?

Thanks!

You could issue cron jobs or if you are running on a windows machine: use the task scheduler.

Cron

I would suggest looking at something like logrotate to keep the log files to a reasonable size and number.