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
     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)