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logrotate
Rotate, compress, and mail system logs
Description
logrotate is designed to ease administration of systems that generate large numbers of log files. It allows automatic rotation, compression, removal, and mailing of log files on a configurable schedule.
AI Summary
Log file rotation utility for automatic compression, removal, and mailing of system logs
Capabilities
- + Automatically rotate log files
- + Compress old log files
- + Remove old logs on schedule
- + Mail log files to administrators
- + Configurable rotation policies
Use When
- → When managing log file rotation on Linux systems