Apache rotate Access and Error logs Windows

Question

How can I rotate the Apache Access and Error logs on a Window 2000 box?

I include my batch file below as an answer.

Is there a way of doing this directly via the

Answer 1

I've a little bit extend the the bat-script. You can use it for english and german dates. You will need 7za.exe at the same directory like script. The log-dir and -files for rotation are explicitly settable.

@echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
:: ========================================================
:: setup variables and parameters
:: ========================================================

:: USE Service Display Name, Services are space-separated -> Syntax: "Display Name 1" "Display Name 2"
SET ROTATE_SERVICES="Apache2.2"

:: setting LOG-directory, log-files in this directory should be rotate
SET ROTATE_LOGDIR=F:\xampp\apache\logs

:: files which should rotate (space separated)
SET ROTATE_FILES=access.log error.log ssl_request.log

:: SET the Number Of Archives To Keep
SET /a keptarchives=5

:: SET delimiter for date format (english "/", german ".")
SET DATEDEL=.
:: ========================================================
:: DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING
:: ========================================================

:: Check for existing Log-directory
IF NOT EXIST "%ROTATE_LOGDIR%" (
    CALL :LOG Please check your paths to Log Directory
    PAUSE
    GOTO :EOF
)

:: Check for existing Log-files
FOR %%d IN (%ROTATE_FILES%) DO (
    IF NOT EXIST "%ROTATE_LOGDIR%\%%d" (
        CALL :LOG File %ROTATE_LOGDIR%\%ROTATE_LOGFILES% does not exist!
        PAUSE
        GOTO :EOF
    )
)

:: generate date and time variables for execution
FOR /f "tokens=1,2,3 delims=%DATEDEL% " %%i IN ('date /T') DO SET execdate=%%k%%j%%i
FOR /f "tokens=1,2 delims=: " %%i IN ('time /T') DO SET exectime=%%i%%j
SET fullexectime=%execdate%_%exectime%
:: ========================================================


:: ========================================================
:: Operations
:: ========================================================

FOR %%d IN (%ROTATE_SERVICES%) DO (
    NET STOP %%d
)

FOR %%d IN (%ROTATE_FILES%) DO (
    cd /d %ROTATE_LOGDIR%
    IF NOT EXIST OLD (MKDIR OLD) 
    move %%d %ROTATE_LOGDIR%\OLD\%fullexectime%_%%d
)

FOR %%d IN (%ROTATE_SERVICES%) DO (
    NET START %%d
)

:: ========================================================
:: ZIP - LOGFILES
:: ========================================================
cd /d %ROTATE_LOGDIR%\OLD
CALL "%~dp0\7za.exe" a %ROTATE_LOGDIR%\OLD\%fullexectime%_log.zip %ROTATE_LOGDIR%\OLD\%fullexectime%_*.log
    IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
        CALL :LOG Error while compressing log-file. Log will not deleted and not rotated. Check your OLD-directory!
        PAUSE
        GOTO :EOF
    )
del /Q %fullexectime%_*.log

:: ========================================================
:: ROTATE - ZIPPED LOGFILES
:: ========================================================

:: make list of archive zip files
type NUL > arclist.dat
for /F "tokens=1,2 delims=[] " %%i in ('dir /B *_log.zip ^| find /N "_log.zip"') do echo  %%i = %%j>> arclist.dat

:: count total number of files
for /F "tokens=1 delims=" %%i in ('type arclist.dat ^| find /C "_log.zip"') do set tnof=%%i

:: setup for and create the deletion list
set /a negtk=%keptarchives%*-1
set /a tntd=%tnof% - %keptarchives%

type NUL>dellist.dat
for /L %%i in (%negtk%,1,%tntd%) do find " %%i = " arclist.dat >> dellist.dat

:: del the old files
for /F "tokens=3 delims= " %%i in ('find "_log.zip" dellist.dat') do del /Q %%i

:: remove temp files
del /Q arclist.dat
del /Q dellist.dat


GOTO :EOF

:LOG
    SET MSG=[%DATE%, %TIME: =0%] %*
    ECHO.%MSG%
    SET MSG=
    GOTO :EOF
pause