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 logfile 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)

                                 February 2004                   rotatelogs(8)