Question

I’m trying to have apache create a new error log file every day, based on the current date.
The default error log filename is something like this:
ErrorLog “/logs/error.log”

and I want it to be something like:
ErrorLog “/logs/error_$year$month$day.log”

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Take a look at Cronolog

cronolog is a simple filter program
that reads log file entries from
standard input and writes each entry
to the output file specified by a
filename template and the current date
and time. When the expanded filename
changes, the current file is closed
and a new one opened. cronolog is
intended to be used in conjunction
with a Web server, such as Apache, to
split the access log into daily or
monthly logs.