.\" logrotate - log file rotator .TH rpm 8 "28 November 1995" "Red Hat Software" "Red Hat Linux" .SH NAME logrotate \- log file rotator .SH SYNOPSIS \fBlogrotate\fP [configfiles] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBlogrotate\fP is a tool to prevent log files from growing without bounds. It can rotate, remove, mail, or perform arbitrary shell scrips on any number of log files. It is normally invoked from \fBcron\bP as .br .I "\fBlogrotate /etc/logconf/*\fP" .SH CONFIG FILES For information on the config file format, read the script itself. .SH FILES .nf /usr/sbin/logrotate .fi .El .SH SEE ALSO .IR cron (1) , .IR logfile-tool (8) , .nf .SH AUTHORS .nf Marc Ewing Erik Troan .fi