# see "man logrotate" for details # rotate log files weekly weekly # keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs rotate 4 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones create # uncomment this if you want your log files compressed compress # compress only from the second log file delaycompress # use date as a suffix of the rotated file dateext # packages drop log rotation information into this directory include /etc/logrotate.d # no packages own wtmp, or btmp -- we'll rotate them here /var/log/wtmp { missingok notifempty monthly create 0664 root utmp olddir /var/log/old_logs rotate 3 } /var/log/btmp { missingok notifempty monthly create 0664 root utmp olddir /var/log/old_logs rotate 3 } # system-specific logs may be configured here # See /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog