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I can produce file truncated from original log file with timestamp extention (%y%m%d%s). How can I get the name of created file in order to use this name in 'postrotate'. The following conf file does not work at a time when rotation takes time.

rotate 7
dateformat -%Y-%m-%d-%s
   day=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)
   cp /usr/local/apacheHttpServer/logs/mod_jk.log-$day  /tmp/truncate/log/

Actually there may be several ways to detect the created file. But I assume there should be simple variable keeping this name. Thanks in advance

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If you want people to more readily help you, I would work on improving your accept rate.. currently, it is 0, which means that out of 8 eligible questions, you have not deemed any of the given answers to 'answer' the given question. You can do this by clicking on the green checkmark below the vote-down arrow on any answer. –  Daedalus Jul 3 '12 at 6:03
Actually I have voted all valuable answers clicking up button. Some of them have not been answered yet, some of them has answered only by myself therefore I could not voted it. I believe feedback is the key point of keeping and extending the quality of this web site. I am aware of it. Thanks. –  mmc18 Jul 3 '12 at 6:22
I honestly forget when this permission comes, since it isn't listed, but you should be able to accept your own answers. –  Daedalus Jul 3 '12 at 6:25
ok lets talk about my current question :) –  mmc18 Jul 3 '12 at 6:28
I wish I could, but I can't. I am unfamiliar with this language; I only commented to assist you in a feature which it appeared you were unaware of. –  Daedalus Jul 3 '12 at 6:30

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I have found a wordaround problem that if dateformat is as follows (does not contain seconds). File name can be predicted. But I still do not know if dateformat contains seconds (%s) as well

dateformat -%Y-%m-%d
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