#MacOS Periodic Rotation of Apache Logs ##Usage A shell script used by Mac OS's periodic (daily, weekly, monthly) maintenance system to rotate all logs in a given directory.
I created this to manage the Apache and PHP logs generated by my local dev hosting setup. (Setup as per https://echo.co/blog/os-x-1010-yosemite-local-development-environment-apache-php-and-mysql-homebrew .)
##Steps
- Open "110.rotate-logs" in your favorite code editor.
- Edit the path to point to the directory containing the logs you want rotated.
- Edit the wildcard to match the log files. (e.g.: *.log, *_log…)
- Optional: edit the datestamp format.
- Save file and close.
- Copy "110.rotate-logs" to /private/etc/periodic/monthly (or weekly, or daily)
- Done.
##Notes
- The 3 digit prefix on the filename seems only to indicate the execution order of scripts in the folder.
- Multiple instances of this script can be run, one for each directory of logs you want rotated. Simply run through the Steps above.
- Rename the file as needed. "rotate-apachelogs", "rotate-lincolnlogs", whatever.
- The new log files can be created with the same user and perms as the user running the script, and CHMODed as needed. Uncomment the "touch,chmod & chown" at line 30 and edit as you need.
Enjoy.
This script is offered as-is, with no support promised or offered.
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