logrotate question

[Rick Garland]

Hi all:

For a certain set of apps, I make a tar ball that is then backed up to tape. The tar balls I make are stored on disk with the $DATE as part of the file name.

Since the files are named differently each day the logrotate just keeps renaming them 'myapp.20061001.tgz.1 myapp.20061002.tgz.1.1 myapp.20061003.tgz.1.1.1 myapp.20061004.tgz.1.1.1.1 etc.'

Here is the logrotate stanza;
/home/backup/myapp* {
rotate 8
daily
mail me@work.com
}


Or, am I going to run through a script that is checking the dates?

Thanks

[Jeff_Traigle]

You'll be processing those yourself separately, I think. Logrotate is intended for rotating logs that will have and will retain the same name over time.

[Geoff Wild]

Yes - logrotate expects to see the same filename.

So, if you want logrotate - then get rid of the $DATE in the tarball.

Change to say something like myapp.dailey.tgz

Rgds...Geoff

[Rick Garland]

That's what I thought - just wanted to double check

Thanks folks!