= Logrotate = {{{ #!sh [root@Mosh ActDas]# more /etc/logrotate.d/actdaslog /tmp/ActDasLog/*.log { su krit krit rotate 7 daily size 5M # place size after daily, it will process if file log > 5M ignore daily copytruncate #copy to actdas.log.1 and empty actdas.log to zero missingok notifempty delaycompress compress } }}} To run the logroate file with -f force option {{{ [root@Mosh logrotate.d]# logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/actdaslog --state /tmp/logrotate-state --verbose }}} After run we should see {{{ #!sh [krit@Mosh ActDasLog]$ tree /tmp/ActDasLog/ /tmp/ActDasLog/ ├── mosq_feed_actDas_11_firmware.log ├── mosq_feed_actDas_11_firmware.log.1 ├── mosq_feed_actDas_11_firmware.log.2.gz ├── mosq_feed_actDas_11_firmware.log.3.gz └── mosq_feed_actDas_11_firmware.log.4.gz 0 directories, 5 files [krit@Mosh ActDasLog]$ }}}