Logrotate
From wikinotes
logrotate is a program to rotate/compress logs.
Documentation
github https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate
Tutorials
arch wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Logrotate
Locations
/etc/logrotate.conf
config file
Install
pkg install logrotate # FreeBSD pacman -S logrotate # Archlinux
Configuration
/var/log/messages { rotate 5 weekly postrotate /usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd endscript } "/var/log/httpd/access.log" /var/log/httpd/error.log { rotate 5 mail recipient@example.org size 100k sharedscripts postrotate /usr/bin/killall -HUP httpd endscript }Some common options are:
hourly/daily/weekly/monthly # rotate the log at this interval create # create empty file on rotation compress # compress old logs rotate 5 # keep 5x log rotations at once before deleting
Usage
# rotate all configured logs (by configured conditions) logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf