Re: Getting logrotate to rename to YYYY-MM-DD

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

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Debian Luser wrote:
> I'm trying to make a Debian system rotate its logfiles so that each 
> previous day's logs have YYYY-MM-DD appended to the name (just before

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> I have checked the list archives, but found nothing that helps me. Am
>  I missing something really obvious?

"man logrotate" is your friend:
/----------------------------
       dateext
              Archive old versions of log files adding a daily extension
              like YYYYMMDD instead of simply adding a number.

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Cheers,

Johannes
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