Rotating apache logs

[Eric Shubert]

Alex Dean wrote:
> 
> On Jul 1, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Eric Shubert wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Shawn. Do you still use cronolog? If not, what are you 
>> presently using?
>>
>> I'm also wondering, does cronolog allow me to rotate logs without 
>> renaming every one? I'd like them to keep the same name so that they 
>> don't get backed up repeatedly with rsync each time the name changes.
> 
> No idea about cronolog, but the logrotate program allows you to use a 
> date-based extension for your rotated files, rather than the normal 
> blah.log.1, blah.log.2, etc.  Use the 'dateext' keyword in your 
> logrotate.conf file.
> 
> "dateext: Archive old versions of log files adding a daily extension 
> like YYYYMMDD instead of simply adding a number."
> http://linux.die.net/man/8/logrotate
> 
> alex

Great, Alex. Thanks.

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-Eric 'shubes'