streamroller

node.js file streams that roll over when they reach a maximum size, or a date/time.

        npm install streamroller

# usage

        var rollers = require('streamroller');
        var stream = new rollers.RollingFileStream('myfile', 1024, 3);
        stream.write("stuff");
        stream.end();

The streams behave the same as standard node.js streams, except that when certain conditions are met they will rename the current file to a backup and start writing to a new file.

## new RollingFileStream(filename [, maxSize, numBackups, options])

- `filename` (String)
- `maxSize` - the size in bytes to trigger a rollover, if not provided this defaults to MAX_SAFE_INTEGER and the stream will not roll.
- `numBackups` - the number of old files to keep
- `options` - Object
  - `encoding` - defaults to 'utf8'
  - `mode` - defaults to 0644
  - `flags` - defaults to 'a' (see fs.open for more details)
  - `compress` - (boolean) defaults to `false` - compress the backup files using gzip (files will have `.gz` extension).
  - `keepFileExt` - (boolean) defaults to `false` - keep the file original extension. e.g.: `abc.log -> abc.1.log`.

This returns a `WritableStream`. When the current file being written to (given by `filename`) gets up to or larger than `maxSize`, then the current file will be renamed to `filename.1` and a new file will start being written to. Up to `numBackups` of old files are maintained, so if `numBackups` is 3 then there will be 4 files:

         filename
         filename.1
         filename.2
         filename.3

When filename size >= maxSize then:

         filename -> filename.1
         filename.1 -> filename.2
         filename.2 -> filename.3
         filename.3 gets overwritten
         filename is a new file

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# new DateRollingFileStream(filename, pattern, options)

- `filename` (String)
- `pattern` (String) - the date pattern to trigger rolling (see below)
- `options` - Object
  - `encoding` - defaults to 'utf8'
  - `mode` defaults to 0644
  - `flags` defaults to 'a' (see fs.open for more details)
  - `compress` - (boolean) compress the backup files, defaults to false
  - `keepFileExt` - (boolean) defaults to `false` - keep the file original extension. e.g.: `abc.log -> abc.2013-08-30.log`.
  - `alwaysIncludePattern` - (boolean) extend the initial file with the pattern, defaults to false

`daysToKeep` - (integer) if this is greater than 0, then files older than `daysToKeep` days will be deleted during file rolling.

This returns a `WritableStream`. When the current time, formatted as `pattern`, changes then the current file will be renamed to `filename.formattedDate` where `formattedDate` is the result of processing the date through the pattern, and a new file will begin to be written. Streamroller uses date-format to format dates, and the `pattern` should use the date-format format. e.g. with a `pattern` of `".yyyy-MM-dd"`, and assuming today is August 29, 2013 then writing to the stream today will just write to `filename`. At midnight (or more precisely, at the next file write after midnight), `filename` will be renamed to `filename.2013-08-29` and a new `filename` will be created. If `options.alwaysIncludePattern` is true, then the initial file will be `filename.2013-08-29` and no renaming will occur at midnight, but a new file will be written to with the name `filename.2013-08-30`.