++ brd. I was just going to recommend chronolog.

Chronolog uses the Apache feature of logging to another process instead of to a file. This means you do not have to do:
- rename all of the log files
- HUP apache
- then archive the old log fles however you like

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The best part is apache does not stop reponding for a short while during the HUP. I used to admin for a company that ran several hundred virtual hosts per apache install. That HUP can be noticable.

Chronolog takes care of creating and renaming files for you as time goes by. I use something like the following: 
  LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}
+i\"" combined
  ErrorLog "|/usr/local/sbin/cronolog /log/web/domain.com/%Y-%m-%d_err
+or.log"
  CustomLog "|/usr/local/sbin/cronolog /log/web/domain.com/%Y-%m-%d_ac
+cess.log" combined

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This setup gives me one access log and one error log per calendar day. I think you can setup log files per hour or minute if you want to.

In reply to Re^2: moving old files by superfrink
in thread moving old files by pbaumgar

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