I have tried searching and can't find anything that is on this topic. My provider deletes all logs after one day to conserve space. Here is what I am trying to do:

Make a shell or PHP script that will:

1) Copy a file from one directory to another. It is a log file, so a shell script would work better.

2) Rename the file to include todays date. This is essential because I need to no overwrite it the next day.

3) gzip the file to save space.

I want to save stats for atleast a week so I can go on vacation and still access the raw logs.

Chuck

Any help would be appreciated. If you can just point me to the right reference, that would even help.

hi cwbullet,

you can make a script for those tasks using perl, if you can run perl scripts on your server.

if i had time i would also like to help you in creating your script, but i got my degree second year exam within 2 weeks time.

hey, you can use www.cgi101.com as a reference to creat your scripts.

chao, xtravel