syslog

# see "man logrotate" for details
# rotate log files weekly
weekly
# 每周对日志文件进行一次轮替
# keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs
rotate 4
#最多保存四次轮替文件，产生第5个文件则删除第一个备份日志文件
# create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
create
#在日志轮替时，自动新建新的日志文件
# use date as a suffix of the rotated file
dateext
#以日期作为日志文件后缀进行命名


# uncomment this if you want your log files compressed
#compress
#日志文件是否压缩，如果取消注释，则日志会在转存储过程时进行压缩
# RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
include /etc/logrotate.d
#包含子目录/etc/logrotate.d中的所有配置文件