Slicehost Articles: Understanding logrotate overviewIt's no fun when log files grow out of control. In this two-part series, learn how to use logrotate to keep those logs in check. What is logrotate? It may surprise you to learn that logrotate is a program used to rotate logs. It's true! The system usually runs logrotate once a day, and when it runs it checks rules that can be customized on a per-directory or per-log basis. "Log rotation" refers to
