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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)

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