Topic: Need help: Log rotation

[mclarry804]

Hi,

I am an Apache newbie and I am trying to set up log rotation on my Apache Server on Windows 2008 using the rotatelogs.exe executable. I believe I am having issues because my directory path has spaces.

From my understanding, a full path is needed for the ErrorLog but not for the CustomLog

Please help:

ErrorLog "|\"C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2/bin/rotatelogs.exe\" \"C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2/logs/Error/Error_%Y-%M-%D.log\" 86400"

CustomLog "|bin/rotatelogs.exe logs/Access/Access_%Y-%M-%D.log 86400" common

The error that I get is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\bin>httpd.exe -k start
The system cannot find the path specified.

Thanks for your help

[jraute]

Your CustomLog entry looks ok.
As far as i know there is no need of using a full path.
So i would think the ErrorLog entry is the problematic one - try to configure it the same way your CustomLog looks like.

Greets

[mclarry804]

Thanks for your reply. I did suspect the ErrorLog. I read somewhere that ErrorLog requires a full path whereas CustomLog does not.

If I write the ErrorLog the same way as the CustomLog, I get the same error:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\bin>httpd.exe -k start
The system cannot find the path specified.

[James Blond]

in doubt use the old 8.3 path system like Progra~1 or so

[jraute]

I've checked my log-rotation entries (both with relative pathes), they look nearly the same your CustomLog looks like and they are fully functioning.

One thing is slightly different: there is a space between the pipe (|) and the path in my definition. Maybe something you can try.

Besides this it can be an alternative to change the apache-directory for example to c:\apache... to solve all the path-problems.

Jraute