Linux下logrotate配置和理解

Logrotate是Linux系统中一个常用的日志文件管理工具，它可以帮助系统管理员自动管理和轮转日志文件，防止日志文件过大导致磁盘空间耗尽，并且可以保留一定数量的历史日志文件以供后续分析和排查问题。

本文将详细介绍logrotate的配置和使用方法，以及对其原理和工作流程的理解。

一、logrotate配置文件

logrotate的配置文件位于/etc/logrotate.conf，默认情况下会自动加载/etc/logrotate.d/目录下的所有配置文件。下面是一个典型的logrotate配置文件的示例：

# rotate log files weekly
weekly

# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4

# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create

# use date as a suffix of the rotated log files
dateext

# compress rotated log files with gzip
compress

# don't rotate if log file is empty
ifempty

# specify log files to be rotated
/var/log/syslog
{
    # rotate log files when they reach 100MB
    size 100M

    # rotate log files daily
    daily

    # keep 7 days worth of backlogs
    rotate 7

    # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
    create

    # use date as a suffix of the rotated log files
    dateext

    # compress rotated l