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Comment: "Rotating log" chapter updated to match Linux explanations.

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set session log_method = append
#set session log_method = overwrite
#set session log = "MicroVAX_3600.log"

Rotating log (default)

By default the CHARON utilizes default CHARON utilizes a so-called "rotating log" methodmechanism. This means that a new default log file is always created each time the CHARON VM starts and can switch to another log file if the size of the log file exceeds 64Kb (previous log files are keptthis behavior can be changed with the "set session log_file_size" and "set session log_rotation_period" parameters; see more details in the "General Settings" chapter of this guide).

This mode is turned on if all the log parameters above are disabled (commented out) or the "session_log" parameter is pointing to a directory rather than to a file. If a directory is specified, the log files will be created in that directory.

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