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Old 02-21-2004, 02:49 PM   #1
ptp
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logrotate with date in filename


Okay, this really is a newbie question...

I want to rotate my logs (using Slackware 9.1 distro, logrotate script) and have the archived logs with the date in the extension. Is this possible? I saw another post that seemed to do something like this, but didn't understand it. If I use the directive

extension $(date %D)

in the global variables of logrotate.conf, will this accomplish what I'm wanting to do?

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Old 04-14-2011, 10:55 AM   #2
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dateext

Take a look at the dateext option in logrotate. See here for more information:

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/07/logrotate-examples/
 
  


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