Re: Log file rotation and deletion

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"Jason" <Jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am looking for a way to keep a 12 month rotation of log files generated
in
a windows environment. I want to make a copy of the current log file and
rotate the old ones through every month. When a log file reachs the end of
the rotation I want it to be deleted.
There is a Linux environment program called logrotate which does this. I
am
basically looking for its windows equivelent if it exists.
I would also like to have the option to simply delete daily generated *.*
log files from a specific directory on my server whatever the extention
may
be.

Thank you
--
Jason
MS Admin

Can you give an example of what you're trying to do?


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