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Added a note about log file sizes and the use of logrotate
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extra data. A processor can be applied for the whole handler stack or
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only for a specific handler.
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A processor is simply a callable receiving the record as its first argument.
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.. tip::
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Beware that log file sizes can grow very rapidly, leading to disk space exhaustion.
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This is specially true in the ``dev`` environment, where a simple request can
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generate hundreds of log lines. Consider using tools like the ``logrotate``
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Linux command to contain log files before they become a problem.
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A processor is simply a callable receiving the record as its first argument.
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Processors are configured using the ``monolog.processor`` DIC tag. See the
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:ref:`reference about it <dic_tags-monolog-processor>`.
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