While I don't think Annie is ready to accept Richard's suggestion yet, I believe it is the most logical approach. Rather than let hte log file grow too large, move it to another file on a regular schedule and purge the old files once they reach a certain age.

Also, this topic should have been called "How to prune a file?"
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