[thelist] Server log retrieval & storage

[Hugh Blair]

Greetings all,

I have a server with a root domain and several virtual 
domains.  Each domain creates its own log files.  Here's 
the question(s):

With the right (?Perl?) script could I have all log files 
emailed to me at a specific time, then have the log files 
deleted?

Simply put: probably a cron job - 

1. Script wakes up at 00:01 - and
2. compresses the various log files, then
3. creates an email for each domain with the appropriate 
   log files attached, then
4. sends these emails to a specified address.
5. Deletes the log and compressed files
6. then sleeps for another (month?) period.

This is a xnix (freeBSD) server with sendmail.  Anyone know 
of such a program/script?  Want to write it for $$ from me?

Does anyone have a better idea?  My goal is to get the log
files to my local computer and free the server disk space.
Heck, this method could be used to send backups of any files
on the server for local storage.

Thanks in advance,
-Hugh
hblair at bigfoot.com