Logrotate Linux: Key Use Cases

  1. Log file management: logrotate can periodically rotate log files to prevent them from becoming too large and save disk space.
  2. Log file compression: logrotate can compress rotated log files to save disk space.
  3. Log file backup: logrotate can backup rotated log files, preserving historical log records.
  4. Log file permissions can be set with logrotate to ensure the security of rotated log files.
  5. Log file deletion: logrotate can delete expired log files based on set conditions to prevent disk space from being filled up.
  6. Custom processing of log files: logrotate supports user-defined scripts that can perform custom operations when rotating log files.
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