Script for rotating nginx logs

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/evn python2.6

# Shell script for rotating/archiving nginx logs

import os
from datetime import datetime

cwd = os.getcwd()
date = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

cmd = """\
mv %s/access.log %s/archive/access.%s.log
kill -USR1 `cat %s/nginx.pid`
sleep 1
gzip %s/archive/access.%s.log
""" % (cwd, cwd, date, cwd, cwd, date)

os.system(cmd)