Specific names after logrotate

Question

I'd like logrotate to create files which have nice names. Is there some way to force some pattern for the names after rotation? I'd like to create a service-{year}-{month}-{day}-{hour} format and rotate hourly.

It seems I'm running a version with dateext, but without dateformat. I'd like to use this logging way anyways.

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 30 '10 at 14:03

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logrotate configuration file:

dateext
dateformat -%Y-%m-%d-%s

Out:

atop.log-2010-09-30-1285850549

hour is not supported. You can use the postrotate to rename.

answered Sep 30 '10 at 14:03

bindbn

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Unfortunately I have to use the debian stable version, so dateext is supported, but dateformat isn't... is there any workaround for this problem? – viraptor Sep 30 '10 at 14:43
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Specific names after logrotate

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