# Manual Page: rotatelogs

    NAME
         rotatelogs - rotate Apache logs without having to  kill  the
         server

    SYNOPSIS
         rotatelogs logfile rotationtime

    DESCRIPTION
         rotatelogs is a simple program for use in  conjunction  with
         Apache's piped logfile feature which can be used like this:

            TransferLog "|rotatelogs /path/to/logs/access_log 86400"

         This creates the files  /path/to/logs/access_log.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.

    OPTIONS
         logfile
              The path plus basename of the logfile. The suffix .nnnn
              is automatically added.

         rotationtime
              The rotation time in seconds.

    SEE ALSO
         httpd(8)