rotatelogs(8)

rotatelogs(8)         MAINTENANCE COMMANDS          rotatelogs(8)

NAME

     rotatelogs - rotate Apache logs without having to  kill  the
     server

SYNOPSIS

     rotatelogs logfile rotationtime [offset]

DESCRIPTION

     rotatelogs is a simple program for use in  conjunction  with
     Apache's piped logfile feature which can be used like this:

        TransferLog "| rotatelogs /path/to/logs/access_log 86400"

     This creates the files  /path/to/logs/access_log.nnnn  where
     nnnn  is  the  system time at which the log nominally starts
     (this time will always be a multiple of the  rotation  time,
     so you can synchronize cron scripts with it).  At the end of
     each rotation time (here  after  24  hours)  a  new  log  is
     started.

OPTIONS

     logfile
          The path plus basename  of  the  logfile.   If  logfile
          includes  any  %  characters, it is treated as a format
          string for strftime(3).  Otherwise, the suffix .nnnn is
          automatically  added  and is the time at which the log-
          file was created.

     rotationtime
          The rotation time in seconds.

     offset
          The number of minutes offset  from  UTC.   If  omitted,
          zero  is  assumed and UTC is used.  For example, to use
          local time in the zone UTC -5 hours, specify a value of
          -300 for this argument.

SEE ALSO

     httpd(8)

                     Last change: March 2001                    1