Limiting the Size of a Log File : Log Handler « Log « Java Tutorial

import java.util.logging.FileHandler;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {

    // Create a file handler with a limit of 1 megabytes
    String pattern = "my.log";
    int limit = 1000000; // 1 Mb
    FileHandler fh = new FileHandler("my.log", limit, 1);

    // Add to logger
    Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("com.mycompany");
    logger.addHandler(fh);
  }
}

35.5.Log Handler
	35.5.1.	Use ConsoleHandler
	35.5.2.	Using FileHandler to log a message
	35.5.3.	Add Multiple Handlers to a logger
	35.5.4.	How to write custom handler
	35.5.5.	Stream Handler
	35.5.6.	Memory Handler Demo
	35.5.7.	Socket Handler Demo
	35.5.8.	Using Regular Expressions based on StreamHandler
	35.5.9.	Writing Log Records to a Log File
	35.5.10.	A file handler that appends.
	35.5.11.	Writing Log Records to Standard Error
	35.5.12.	Writing Log Records Only After a Condition Occurs
	35.5.13.	Create a memory handler with a memory of 100 records and dumps the records into the file my.log
	35.5.14.	Flush File Handler and Logger
	35.5.15.	The Patterns in FileHandler
	35.5.16.	Limiting the Size of a Log File
	35.5.17.	Limiting the Size of a Log by Using a Rotating Sequence of Files
	35.5.18.	Use Logger with simple formatter and FileHander
	35.5.19.	Alternate XML by using FileHandler
	35.5.20.	Window Handler: display log message in a window(JFrame)