# rotate log files weekly weekly #daily # keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs rotate 4 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones create notifempty nomail #olddir /var/log/backup/ missingok #dateext # uncomment this if you want your log files compressed #compress # packages can drop log rotation information into this directory include /etc/logrotate.d # no packages own lastlog or wtmp -- we'll rotate them here #/var/log/wtmp { # monthly # create 0664 root utmp # rotate 1 #} # system-specific logs may be also be configured here.