Apache rotatelogs command is failing and apache doesnt restart

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I have a command to implement rotatelogs for access logs of apache, but when I am trying to restart my apache server, it doesnt start and throws me an error in error.log as:

The parameter is incorrect.  : AH00104: unable to start piped log program 'C:/xampp/apache/bin/rotatelogs C:/xampp/apache/logs/access-%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S 3M'
AH00015: Unable to open logs

The snippet which I am using for rotate log is :

CustomLog "|C:/xampp/apache/bin/rotatelogs C:/xampp/apache/logs/access-%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S 3M" common

NOTE: I am accessing the server setup through XAMPP, and I am using Windows 7

I am sure I am putting some wrong rotatelog command, which I followed from here

Gerard H. Pille · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-19T16:31:27.757

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You seem to have forgotten the "-l", as I see on page http://theheat.dk/blog/?p=1353

CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs.exe -l D:/Apache2.2/logs/access.%Y.%m.%d.log 86400" common

This is what I've got working with XAMPP on Windows 7:

CustomLog "|c:/ghp/xampp/apache/bin/rotatelogs.exe c:/temp/httpd_access.log%Y%m%d%H%M 1M" combined

edited Mar 19 '18 at 16:31

answered Mar 19 '18 at 14:31

Gerard H. Pille

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I tried that as well.. didnt work – OM The Eternity Mar 19 '18 at 14:50
In every example I find, people are using "rotatelogs.exe" (without "-l"). That's not what your snippet shows. The example you followed specifies a number of times "XAMPP (on linux)". – Gerard H. Pille Mar 19 '18 at 15:26
I got it working with .exe extension.... – OM The Eternity Mar 20 '18 at 06:23
You'd think Apache could have guessed that bit by itself. – Gerard H. Pille Mar 20 '18 at 07:19

Apache rotatelogs command is failing and apache doesnt restart

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