Linux System - Table 12 > Packages - Table 1 & 2 > logrotate

\"The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of logfiles on a system which generates a lot of log files. Logrotate allowsfor the automatic rotation compression, removal and mailing of logfiles. Logrotate can be set to handle a log file daily, weekly, monthlyor when the log file gets to a certain size. Normally, logrotate runsas a daily cron job. Install the logrotate package if you need autility to deal with the log files on your system.\"