Introduction to the Apache Web Server - ApacheCon

16.9 Rotating log files
16.9.1 Logfile::Rotate
Logfile::Rotate is a Perl module. It is on the CD. Or you can get it from
http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Logfile/
Unpack it somewhere, run the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
Or, to install the module from the CPAN shell:
perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> install Logfile::Rotate
cpan> quit
Then put the following code into a file called rotatelogs.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Logfile::Rotate;
$logfile = new Logfile::Rotate(
File => ’/usr/local/apache/logs/access_log’,
Count => 5,
Gzip => ’/bin/gzip’,
Post => sub {
‘/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart‘;
}
);
$logfile->rotate();
Run the file a few times and see what happens to your log files. You’ll want to run this program every month
(or week, or whatever) via cron or other scheduler.
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