Rotate Logs!

[cLaSic]

Hello,

I wrote two bash scripts :

bash1.sh (will call bash2.sh and write logs to a daily file)

#!/bin/bash
./bash2.sh >> log`date +%d_%m_%y` 2>&1

bash2.sh (will loop indefinetly and write the current time)

#!/bin/bash
while [ 1 -eq 1 ]
 do
   date '+%H:%M:%S'
   sleep 1
 done

I'm expecting the logs to be written in a seperate file each day. But if you launch bash1.sh you will see that even if you change the system time, logs will be writte n in the same file :/

Any idea ? any hints are welcome.

Regards,
cLaSic

[secondmouse]

You don't need two scripts to accomplish what you want, here's how
cat log.sh

#!/bin/bash
while true; do
    MINUTE_NOW=`date +%y_%m_%d_%H_%M`
    date '+%H:%M:%S' >> $MINUTE_NOW
done

I use MINUTE_NOW in the code so you can see how the code works without waiting till next day to see the result. Simply replace MINUTE_NOW line with

Today=`date +%y_%m_%d

and the following line to

date '+%H:%M:%S' >> $Today

to get what you want to achieve.

What >> basically does is it'll append stuff to an existing file OR create a new file then start appending if the file does not exist.