logrotate
Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 16 July 2008
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NAME
logrotate - rotate logfiles
SYNOPSIS
edrc/bin/logrotate
[
-h
]
logrotate
-f
file
[
-r number_of_saves
]
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/edrc
DESCRIPTION
logrotate
rotates logfiles on the system. The permissions and the file handle of the logfile (
file
) are preserved.
The
file
is saved to
file.<number>
where the
<number>
counts from
1
to
number_of_saves.
The newest version of the file is the one having the lowest number, the
oldest file has the highest number.
If the specified
file
does not exist, the already saved versions are not rotated.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
usage message.
- -f log_file
-
logfile to be rotated.
- -r number_of_saves
-
number of rotated files that are kept on the filesystem.
ENVIRONMENT
-
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
no error.
- 1
-
specified
file
to be rotated does not exist.
- 2
-
cannot write to logfile of
logrotate.
- 3
-
configfile
logrotate.cfg
does not exist.
- 4
-
usage printed.
FILES
- etc/logrotate.cfg
-
configuration file of
logrotate,
see
logrotate.cfg(4)
for more information.
- var/log/logrotate.log
-
default logfile of
logrotate.
EXAMPLES
-
SEE ALSO
edrcintro(1),
logrotate.cfg(4)
NOTES
-
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
logrotate was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2008
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
edrc/doc/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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