logrotate compress files after the postrotate script
- by Thomas
I have an application generating a really heavy big log file every days (~800MB a day), thus I need to compress them but since the compression takes time, I want that logrotate compress the file after reloading/sending HUP signal to the application.
/var/log/myapp.log {
rotate 7
size 500M
compress
weekly
postrotate
/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/myapp.pid 2>/dev/null` 2>/dev/null || true
endscript
}
Is it already the case that the compression takes place after the postrotate (which would be counter-intuitive)?
If not Can anyone tell me if it's possible to do that without an extra command script (an option or some trick)?
Thanks
Thomas
