logrotate.sh

# README: This script is a log-archive tool wich compresses the logs in to weekly-archives and puts the Weekly archives in to monthly archives.
# README: The script also deletes the montly archives after a 6 months
# README: -------------------------------------------------------------------
# README: How the script Works:
# README: Setup two Cron-jobs one weekly whch runs the script without any parameters
# README: And a monthly wich contains the parameter 'Monthly'.

#!/bin/bash

# Change directory to where the logs is stored (/storage/logs/apache/error)
cd /storage/logs/apache/error/

# Determine if the script is a weekly rotation or a monthly.
# If the a commandline parameter is set assume there is a monthly rotation.

if [$1 == '']
then # Weekly Run
	zip -R /storage/logs/apache/error/archive/log-$(date + '%Y-%m-%d').zip '*.log' #Compress all logs into weekly archive
	rm -rf *.log # Remove all logs that has been compressed
else # Monthly Run
	cd storage/ # Change into storage directory
	zip log-$(date +'%Y-%M').zip log-$(date + '%Y-%m')-*.zip #ZIP all weekly logs to a monthly log
	rm log-$(date -d "-6 month" +'%Y')*.zip # remove all logs older than 6 months
fi