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This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems
1. Introduction
1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
logrotate
1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
Author: Colin Ngam
1.3 Date of This Document:
03 June, 2008
4. Technical Description
1. Background
Logrotate rotates log files and archives them in a central location.
Logrotate is externally maintained Free Open Source Software (FOSS).
Sun's role with this project is to port and monitor the open source
project. For additional information about the project or originating
community, see [1]. Upstream code changes are not currently needed or
anticipated because the project already compiles and runs under
Solaris and the version being integrated is stable.
Logrotate is licensed under GPLv2 or later, though Sun will only
distribute it under version 2. See OSR #8589 [2] for more
information. This project will port logrotate 3.7.1.
This project requests a minor release binding.
2. Architecture
Logrotate reads the configuration file to determine which
log files it should handle and what policies should be used
for each log file.
Based on the given rotation policy, a logfile may be renamed with a
number added as a suffix. The policy can be used specify the date
instead of the number, and also can specify a file extension suffix to
be added to the rotated log. The policy can also specify that the
rotated log be compressed, i.e. gzip.
The policy can also tell logrotate to execute a command after the
rotation; for example, to send SIGHUP to a daemon so it starts a new
logfile.
3. Interfaces & Dependencies
Exported Interfaces:
Interface Name Classification Comments
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SUNWlogrotate Uncommitted Package name
logrotate Uncommitted Commandline syntax
logrotate.conf Uncommitted Configuration syntax
/usr/sbin/logrotate Uncommitted Executable location
/usr/share/man/man8/logrotate.8 Uncommitted Man page
/etc/logrotate.conf Uncommitted Config file location
Imported Interfaces:
Interface Name Classification Comments
--------------------------- ------------------- --------------------
libpopt(3) External
4. References
[1] http://www.sunfreeware.com
[2] https://opensourcereview.central.sun.com/app?action=ViewReq&traq_num=8589
6. Resources and Schedule
6.4. Steering Committee requested information
6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
SFW
6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
6.6. ARC Exposure: open
