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     <p><code>rotatelogs</code> is a simple program for use in
     conjunction with Apache's piped logfile feature.  For example:</p>

<div class="example"><p><code>
     CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs /var/logs/logfile 86400" common
</code></p></div>
	 
     <p>This creates the files /var/logs/logfile.nnnn where nnnn  is
     the system time at which the log nominally starts (this time
     will always be a multiple of the rotation time, so  you  can
     synchronize cron scripts with it).  At the end of each rotation
     time (here after 24 hours) a new log is started.</p>

<div class="example"><p><code>
     CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs /var/logs/logfile 5M" common
</code></p></div>

     <p>This configuration will rotate the logfile whenever it reaches
     a size of 5 megabytes.</p>
 
<div class="example"><p><code>
     ErrorLog "|bin/rotatelogs /var/logs/errorlog.%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S 5M"
</code></p></div>
     <p>This configuration will rotate the error logfile whenever it
     reaches a size of 5 megabytes, and the suffix to the logfile name
     will be created of the form
     <code>errorlog.YYYY-mm-dd-HH_MM_SS</code>.</p>
 
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<h2><a name="synopsis" id="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h2>

     <p><code><strong>rotatelogs</strong>
     [ -<strong>l</strong> ]
     <var>logfile</var>
     [ <var>rotationtime</var> [ <var>offset</var> ]] |
     [ <var>filesize</var>M ]</code></p>
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<h2><a name="options" id="options">Options</a></h2>

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<dt><code>-l</code> (<em>2.0.51 and later</em>)</dt>
<dd>Causes the use of local time rather than GMT as the base for the
interval. Note that using <code>-l</code> in an environment which changes the
GMT offset (such as for BST or DST) can lead to unpredictable results!</dd>

<dt><code><var>logfile</var></code></dt>

<dd>The path plus basename of the logfile.  If <var>logfile</var>
includes any '%' characters, it is treated as a format string for
<code>strftime(3)</code>.  Otherwise, the suffix
<var>.nnnnnnnnnn</var> is automatically added and is the time in
seconds.  Both formats compute the start time from the beginning of
the current period.</dd>

<dt><code><var>rotationtime</var></code></dt>

<dd>The time between log file rotations in seconds.</dd>

<dt><code><var>offset</var></code></dt>

<dd>The number of minutes offset from UTC.  If omitted, zero is
assumed and UTC is used.  For example, to use local time in the zone
UTC -5 hours, specify a value of <code>-300</code> for this argument.</dd>

<dt><code><var>filesize</var>M</code></dt>

<dd>The maximum file size in megabytes followed by the letter
<code>M</code> to specify size rather than time.  Use this parameter
in place of both rotationtime and offset.</dd>
</dl>
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<h2><a name="portability" id="portability">Portability</a></h2>

<p>The following logfile format string substitutions should be
supported by all <code>strftime(3)</code> implementations, see
the <code>strftime(3)</code> man page for library-specific
extensions.</p>

<table class="bordered"><tr><td><code>%A</code></td><td>full weekday name (localized)</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%a</code></td><td>3-character weekday name (localized)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>%B</code></td><td>full month name (localized)</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%b</code></td><td>3-character month name (localized)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>%c</code></td><td>date and time (localized)</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%d</code></td><td>2-digit day of month</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>%H</code></td><td>2-digit hour (24 hour clock)</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%I</code></td><td>2-digit hour (12 hour clock)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>%j</code></td><td>3-digit day of year</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%M</code></td><td>2-digit minute</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>%m</code></td><td>2-digit month</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%p</code></td><td>am/pm of 12 hour clock (localized)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>%S</code></td><td>2-digit second</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%U</code></td><td>2-digit week of year 
(Sunday first day of week)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>%W</code></td><td>2-digit week of year 
(Monday first day of week)</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%w</code></td><td>1-digit weekday 
(Sunday first day of week)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>%X</code></td><td>time (localized)</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%x</code></td><td>date (localized)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>%Y</code></td><td>4-digit year</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%y</code></td><td>2-digit year</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>%Z</code></td><td>time zone name</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>%%</code></td><td>literal `%'</td></tr>
</table>

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