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 sys-
     tem time at which the log nominally starts (this time will always be a mul-
     tiple 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
     logfileThe path plus basename of the logfile.  If logfile  includes  any  %
            characters,  it is treated as a format string for strftime(3).  Oth-
            erwise, 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)