#!/bin/sh
# An adaptation of /var/adm/newsyslog that does multiple files named
# on the command line.
#
# William LeFebvre, Group sys Consulting
#
ARCHIVE="OLD"
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
	echo "usage: newlog dir name"
	exit 1
fi
#
# calculate suffix for current log files
suffix=`date +%y%m%d`
#
# move to specified log directory
cd $1
shift
#
# iterate thru each named log file
while [ x$1 != x ]; do
	# move the existing log in to the archive
	mv -f $1 $ARCHIVE/$1.$suffix
	# create a new log file
	cp /dev/null $1
	chmod 640    $1
	shift
done
#
# tickle syslog to get it to use the new log files
kill -1 `cat /etc/syslog.pid`
#
# wait for syslog to switch over
sleep 5
#
# now compress the freshly archived logs
# (we don't do this sooner to leave a place for syslog to continue to
# log messages while we are shuffling files around)
compress $ARCHIVE/*.$suffix