Re: Apache logs

[Tomasz Papszun <tomek@lodz.tpsa.pl>]

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 at 11:08:55 +0200, Edward Tjin Liep Shie wrote:
> 
> I was wondering if i can use Apache rotatelogs to rotate logfile from
/usr/local/apache/logs/error_log to /log 
> 
> In the man pages i can't find anny thing how to rotat to an other dir.
> Is there anny one who is using apache rotatelogs and is moving them ?

Probably you can use logrotate instead of rotatelogs. From the man:

       olddir directory
              Logs are moved into  directory  for  rotation.  The
              directory  must  be  on the same physical device as
              the log file being rotated.  When  this  option  is
              used  all  old versions of the log end up in direcĄ
              tory.  This option may be overridden by the  nooldĄ
              dir option.

But, to be exact, you not always can move logs to another dir. It
depends on whether your /log is on the same physical device as
/usr/local/apache/logs (usually not).

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