On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 12:08:15PM +0200, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > So far I can think of two solutions, but I like neither: > - backing up WHOLE /var/log every day (level 0 each time) - this means > larger backups > - changing traditional rotation (file.number.gz) to something like > file.year-month-day.gz - this means changing all rotation cronjobs > or patching logrotate
Yes, I also don't like the default scheme of logrotate filenames. Specifically I have archives of Apache logs, and in that case having the starting date in the filename is very helpful. It also makes sorting of filenames in hierarchical order a very easy task, for shell scripts for example. What I did is just a set of simple scripts, which work on top of existing logrotate architecture. They take files like access.log.[0-9]+.gz and rename them to access.YYYYMMDD.gz (the date is calculated from the first line in a particular Apache logfile). That's a very simple solution and it works for me. I also tried cronolog, which gives a flexible logging options for Apache, and it was very good too. Maybe such a functionality also exists in syslog-ng or some other syslogd replacements? You wouldn't need logrotate at all if syslogd was smart enough to automatically switch logs and give them appropriate names. Marcin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
