[tor-bugs] #5583 [Tor Relay]: Add option to overwrite logs

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#5583: Add option to overwrite logs
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 Reporter:  bastik                        |          Owner:                  
     Type:  enhancement                   |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal                        |      Milestone:                  
Component:  Tor Relay                     |        Version:  Tor: unspecified
 Keywords:  overwrite log, safer logging  |         Parent:                  
   Points:                                |   Actualpoints:                  
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 Add an option to make Tor overwrite logs, instead of appending them.

 For instance whenever Tor gets restarted and this option is enabled the
 log does not get appended.*

 This should enable operators to log without the risk of month old logs.
 Even when not enabled by default, what I was looking for in the first
 place, as I had not understood why logs are appending, it might help to
 have this option available.

 The same applies to the client, once I was asked to provide logs from my
 client, and got told afterwards to remove the logging entry from torrc.
 When that does not happen, the client is logging for eternity and therefor
 provides an usage history due to the fact that the log is appending.

 I couldn't pick "Tor" for "Component"; for me it's client and relay
 related.


 *Other ways like, logging for a 24 hour period, keep this period and
 delete the lines that are older, might bring more problems than it's
 worth.

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