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<strong>NAME</strong>
     rotatelogs - rotate Apache logs without having to  kill  the
     server

<strong>SYNOPSIS</strong>
     <strong>rotatelogs </strong><em>logfile rotationtime</em>

<strong>DESCRIPTION</strong>
     <strong>rotatelogs </strong>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.

<strong>OPTIONS</strong>
     <em>logfile</em>
          The path plus basename of the logfile. The suffix .nnnn
          is automatically added.

     <em>rotationtime</em>
          The rotation time in seconds.

<strong>SEE ALSO</strong>
     <strong>httpd(8)</strong>

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