Logrotate uygulaması için konfigürasyon seçenekleri aşağıdaki gibidir (ingizlice) :
| Seçenek | Açıklama |
|---|
| compress | This is used to compress the rotated log file with gzip. |
| nocompress | This is used when you do not want to compress rotated log files. |
| copytruncate | This is used when processes are still writing information to open log files. This option copies the active log file to a backup and truncates the active log file. |
| nocopytruncate | This copies the log files to backup, but the open log file is not truncated. |
| create mode owner group | This rotates the log file and creates a new log file with the specified permissions, owner, and group. The default is to use the same mode, owner, and group as the original file. |
| nocreate | This prevents the creation of a new log file. |
| delaycompress | When used with the compress option, the rotated log file is not compressed until the next time it is cycled. |
| nodelaycompress | This overrides delaycompress. The log file is compressed when it is cycled. |
| errors address | This mails logrotate errors to an address. |
| ifempty | With this, the log file is rotated even if it is empty. This is the default for logrotate. |
| notifempty | This does not rotate the log file if it is empty. |
| mail address | This mails log files that are cycled to an address. When mail log files are cycled, they are effectively removed from the system. |
| nomail | When mail log files are cycled, a copy is not mailed. |
| olddir directory | With this, cycled log files are kept in the specified directory. This directory must be on the same filesystem as the current log files. |
| noolddir | Cycled log files are kept in the same directory as the current log files. |
| prerotate/endscript | These are statements that enclose commands to be executed prior to a log file being rotated. The prerotate and endscript keywords must appear on a line by themselves. |
| postrotate/endscript | These are statements that enclose commands to be executed after a log file has been rotated. The postrotate and endscript keywords must appear on a line by themselves. |
| daily | This is used to rotate log files daily. |
| weekly | This is used to rotate log files weekly. |
| monthly | This is used to rotate log files monthly. |
| rotate count | This specifies the number of times to rotate a file before it is deleted. A count of 0 (zero) means no copies are retained. A count of 5 means five copies are retained. |
| tabootext [+] list | This directs logrotate to not rotate files with the specified extension. The default list of extensions is .rpm-orig, .rpmsave, v, and ~. |
| size size | With this, the log file is rotated when the specified size is reached. Size may be specified in bytes (default), kilobytes (sizek), or megabytes (sizem) |
