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This documents Log2Rot script under src directory

What is it

Log2Rot is a little script useful to convert already exsistent configuration files of logrotate(8) to the GNU Rot[t]Log syntax. It should not modify any original file, and will create a new tree containing converted files.

How it works

Log2Rot make this tree under ETCDIR (see VARIABLES):

ETCDIR

      |---->monthly.d
      |---->weekly.d
      |---->daily.d

Log2Rot read logrotate.conf and make accordingly a new main rc, monthly, weekly and daily files.
It will save each configuration block found in logrotate.conf in a separate file. All included files will be converted too. If it find some unsupported parameter, it will comment the line in converted config file.

VARIABLES

Log2Rot is still in a very development stage, so it needs some little hacking.
There is a number of variables that can be modified by user:

PREFIX
This is the original basedir containing logrotate.conf and logrotate.d

ETCDIR
This is the to-be-created basedir containing new tree of converted files

CONFIG_LOGROTATE
This is the complete filename of logrotate.conf (the best choice whould be probably to leave its value untouched)

BASE_TMP_DIR
This is the basedir that will contain temporary files