> One more thing...when I did this, the hour, minute and seconds > always show as 00_00_00, as in access_2005_10_04_00_00_00.log. Is > that what you guys are seeing too? I guess the time doesn't start > when you start the server, it treats it as if it's the beginning of > the day? I didn't notice it till now. Not sure why it does that, my logs rotate during early afternoon. Thanx Aaron N Wagner Monitoring Systems and Network Tools CCO-Command Center Operations 804.515.6298 > -----Original Message----- > From: James Tu [mailto:jtu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 3:49 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [users@httpd] rotatelogs on Windows > > Thanks Aaron: > > After some experimenting...the following worked for me. I think most > people will encounter this issue... > What I had to do was to use truncated directory names! > > Here's the line from my server... > #daily rotation > CustomLog "| D:\Progra~1\Apache~1\Apache\bin\rotatelogs.exe > logs\access%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S.log 86400 -300" common > > > One more thing...when I did this, the hour, minute and seconds > always show as 00_00_00, as in access_2005_10_04_00_00_00.log. Is > that what you guys are seeing too? I guess the time doesn't start > when you start the server, it treats it as if it's the beginning of > the day? > > -James > > > >This is a line from my production server httpd.conf. It > rotates daily. > > > >CustomLog "|D:/WebCore2/Apache2/bin/rotatelogs.exe > >D:/WebCore2/Apache2/logs/history/commonLog.%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S. > log 86400 > >-300" combined > > > > > >Thanx > >Aaron N Wagner > >Monitoring Systems and Network Tools > >CCO-Command Center Operations > >804.515.6298 > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:wrowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:38 PM > >> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] rotatelogs on Windows > >> > >> James Tu wrote: > >> > I'm trying to edit my httpd.conf to use rotatelogs for > >> Apache running on > >> > Windows. > >> > > >> > I'm doing this and it doesn't like it. > >> > CustomLog "| bin/rotatelogs logs/access.log 3600" common > >> > >> Did you mean bin/rotatelogs.exe ? > >> > >> If that doesn't lick it, what about using 'bin\rotatelogs.exe'? > >> > >> This might be a very odd case where a shell command's shell > >> doesn't like > >> forward slashes (cmd.exe is picky). I've actually worked > out how to > >> nest double quotes at one point, so that the command was > >> quoted (useful > >> for paths-in-spaces and forward slashes.) > >> > >> cmd.exe likes "c:/winnt/notepad.exe" or c:\winnt\notepad.exe > >> and doesn't > >> like c:/winnt/notepad.exe. > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > >> Server Project. > >> See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > >See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP > Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx