[root@www ~]# logrotate [-vf] logfile
选项与参数：
-v  ：启动显示模式，会显示 logrotate 运行的过程喔！
-f  ：不论是否符合配置档的数据，强制每个登录文件都进行 rotate 的动作！

范例一：运行一次 logrotate 看看整个流程为何？
[root@www ~]# logrotate -v /etc/logrotate.conf
reading config file /etc/logrotate.conf <==读取主要配置档
including /etc/logrotate.d              <==呼叫外部的配置
reading config file acpid               <==就是外部配置啊！
....(中间省略)....
Handling 21 logs                        <==共有 21 个登录文件被记录
....(中间省略)....
rotating pattern: /var/log/messages /var/log/secure /var/log/maillog \
/var/log/spooler /var/log/boot.log /var/log/cron  weekly (4 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/messages       <==开始处理 messages
  log does not need rotating            <==因为时间未到，不需要更动！
....(底下省略)....

范例二：强制进行 logrotate 的动作
[root@www ~]# logrotate -vf /etc/logrotate.conf
....(前面省略)....
rotating log /var/log/messages, log->rotateCount is 4
renaming /var/log/messages.4 to /var/log/messages.5 (rotatecount 4, logstart 1, i 4),
renaming /var/log/messages.3 to /var/log/messages.4 (rotatecount 4, logstart 1, i 3),
renaming /var/log/messages.2 to /var/log/messages.3 (rotatecount 4, logstart 1, i 2),
renaming /var/log/messages.1 to /var/log/messages.2 (rotatecount 4, logstart 1, i 1),
renaming /var/log/messages.0 to /var/log/messages.1 (rotatecount 4, logstart 1, i 0),
old log /var/log/messages.0 does not exist
....(底下省略)....
# 看到否？整个 rotate 的动作就是这样一步一步进行的～

[root@www ~]# ll /var/log/messages*; lsattr /var/log/messages
-rw------- 1 root root    63 Apr  8 15:19 /var/log/messages
-rw------- 1 root root   670 Apr  8 14:22 /var/log/messages.1
-rw------- 1 root root 24984 Apr  1 19:26 /var/log/messages.2
-rw------- 1 root root  1911 Mar 28 11:32 /var/log/messages.3
-rw------- 1 root root 25193 Mar 22 04:02 /var/log/messages.4
-----a------- /var/log/messages <==主动加入 a 的隐藏属性罗！

# 1. 先创建 +a 这个属性啊！
[root@www ~]# chattr +a /var/log/admin.log
[root@www ~]# lsattr /var/log/admin.log
-----a------- /var/log/admin.log
[root@www ~]# mv /var/log/admin.log /var/log/admin.log.1
mv: cannot move `/var/log/admin.log' to `/var/log/admin.log.1': 
Operation not permitted
# 这里确定了加入 a 的隐藏属性！所以 root 无法移动此登录文件！

# 2. 开始创建 logrotate 的配置档，添加一个文件在 /etc/logrotate.d 内就对了！
[root@www ~]# vi /etc/logrotate.d/admin
# This configuration is from VBird 2009/04/08
/var/log/admin.log {
        monthly   <==每个月进行一次
        size=10M  <==文件容量大於 10M 则开始处置
        rotate 5  <==保留五个！
        compress  <==进行压缩工作！
        sharedscripts
        prerotate
                /usr/bin/chattr -a /var/log/admin.log
        endscript
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                /usr/bin/killall -HUP syslogd
                /usr/bin/chattr +a /var/log/admin.log
        endscript
}

# 3. 测试一下 logrotate 相关功能的资讯显示：
[root@www ~]# logrotate -v /etc/logrotate.conf
....(前面省略)....
rotating pattern: /var/log/admin.log  10485760 bytes (5 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/admin.log
  log does not need rotating
not running prerotate script, since no logs will be rotated
not running postrotate script, since no logs were rotated
....(底下省略)....
# 因为还不足一个月，文件也没有大於 10M，所以不需进行轮替！

# 4. 测试一下强制 logrotate 与相关功能的资讯显示：
[root@www ~]# logrotate -vf /etc/logrotate.d/admin
reading config file /etc/logrotate.d/admin
reading config info for /var/log/admin.log

Handling 1 logs

rotating pattern: /var/log/admin.log  forced from command line (5 rotations)
empty log files are rotated, old logs are removed
considering log /var/log/admin.log
  log needs rotating
rotating log /var/log/admin.log, log->rotateCount is 5
renaming /var/log/admin.log.5.gz to /var/log/admin.log.6.gz (rotatecount 5, logstart 1, i 5),
old log /var/log/admin.log.5.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/admin.log.4.gz to /var/log/admin.log.5.gz (rotatecount 5, logstart 1, i 4),
old log /var/log/admin.log.4.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/admin.log.3.gz to /var/log/admin.log.4.gz (rotatecount 5, logstart 1, i 3),
old log /var/log/admin.log.3.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/admin.log.2.gz to /var/log/admin.log.3.gz (rotatecount 5, logstart 1, i 2),
old log /var/log/admin.log.2.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/admin.log.1.gz to /var/log/admin.log.2.gz (rotatecount 5, logstart 1, i 1),
old log /var/log/admin.log.1.gz does not exist
renaming /var/log/admin.log.0.gz to /var/log/admin.log.1.gz (rotatecount 5, logstart 1, i 0),
old log /var/log/admin.log.0.gz does not exist
log /var/log/admin.log.6.gz doesn't exist -- won't try to dispose of it
running prerotate script
renaming /var/log/admin.log to /var/log/admin.log.1
running postrotate script
compressing log with: /bin/gzip


[root@www ~]# lsattr /var/log/admin.log*
-----a------- /var/log/admin.log
------------- /var/log/admin.log.1.gz  <==有压缩过喔！