Sorry..took me a sec to realize this wasn't an apache thing. You can do this with mod_log_rotate with a new release that just added this feature. See: http://www.apachelounge.com/ Tried it using their example and it works great. ____________________________ Steven Niedermeyer Bellingham, WA "David Salisbury" <salisbury@globe. gov> To <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 10/09/2006 04:03 cc PM Subject Re: [users@httpd] Naming access Please respond to logs users@xxxxxxxxxxx e.org I believe logrotate is meant to rename the original "hard coded" file. I don't think you need the variable. -ds ----- Original Message ----- From: <sniedermeyer@xxxxxxx> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 4:59 PM Subject: [users@httpd] Naming access logs >I know how to specify the name of the access log. However, I've been > unable to uncover how to specify a file name with a variable. For example, > I'm using log rotate and would like to have the file name include the date. > Does anyone know how to accomplish this? > > ____________________________ > Steven Niedermeyer > Bellingham, WA > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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