Example newsyslog configuration

com.apple.newsyslog.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>com.apple.newsyslog</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>/usr/sbin/newsyslog</string>
	</array>
	<key>LowPriorityIO</key>
	<true/>
	<key>Nice</key>
	<integer>1</integer>
	<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
	<dict>
		<key>Minute</key>
		<integer>30</integer>
	</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

local_rails_logs.conf

# truncate rails logs whenever they are larger than 1mb
#
# logfilename                               [owner:group] mode count size when flags [/pid_file] [sig_num]
/Users/bm5k/src/**/**/log/*.log             bm5k:staff    644   0    1000 *    G
/Users/bm5k/src/**/**/spec/dummy/log/*.log  bm5k:staff    644   0    1000 *    G

server_rails_logs.conf

# truncate rails logs every day at midnight, keep 7 previous logs, compress previous logs
#
# logfilename                         [owner:group] mode count size  when  flags [/pid_file]        [sig_num]
/Users/deploy/app/**/shared/log/*.log deploy:staff  644  7     *     $D0   GZ    /var/run/httpd.pid