Proper way to change the rotation of apache logs?

[A.Fadyushin at it-centre.ru]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of David Miller
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:47 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Proper way to change the rotation of apache logs?
> 
> I would like to adjust the amount of space each apache log can take
> up and how many copies are saved. According to RH in this kbase
article
> http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_35_2798.shtm
> 
> I want to edit the logrotate.conf file. They even have a listing in
> the article for an httpd log file.
> 
> ------------------------------------------
>        "/var/log/httpd/access.log" /var/log/httpd/error.log {
>            rotate 5
>            mail www at my.org
>            size=100k
>            sharedscripts
>            postrotate
>                                      /sbin/killall -HUP httpd
>            endscript
> }
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> Is the first line a typo? It makes reference to two different files.
> Also the log files in /var/log/httpd/ have an underscore between the
> name and log like access_log., error_log.
> 

It is possible to specify more than one file in one logrotate entry -
the configuration will apply to all the files mentioned for that entry.
If you are using Apache log file names different from those shown in the
example, you should change them to the names you are using.

Alexey B. Fadyushin
Brainbench MVP for Linux
http://www.brainbench.com