| .TH rotatelogs 8 "March 1998" |
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| .SH NAME |
| rotatelogs \- rotate Apache logs without having to kill the server |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B rotatelogs |
| .I logfile |
| .I rotationtime |
| .PP |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B rotatelogs |
| is a simple program for use in conjunction with Apache's piped logfile |
| feature which can be used like this: |
| |
| .fi |
| TransferLog "|rotatelogs /path/to/logs/access_log 86400" |
| .mf |
| |
| 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. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| .IP \fB\fIlogfile\fP |
| The path plus basename of the logfile. The suffix .nnnn is automatically |
| added. |
| .IP \fB\fIrotationtime\fP |
| The rotation time in seconds. |
| .PD |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR httpd(8) |
| . |