Logrotate - Unique Fork Written in Rust

Taking inspiration from the Linux tool: https://linux.die.net/man/8/logrotate

Intent:

Slim version of a logrotate cli utility for: archiving, removing, and truncating files in a provided directory.

Usage:

    logrotate --help
    Cli tool for rotating files within specified directory.
    
    Usage: logrotate [OPTIONS] --archive-method <ARCHIVE_METHOD> --directory <DIRECTORY> --keep-days <DAYS>
    
    Options:
          --dry-run
              Perform a dry run without making any changes Will output files marked for deletion, archival, and truncation
      -a, --archive-method <ARCHIVE_METHOD>
              Archival method to use [possible values: tar, tar-gunzip, zip]
      -d, --directory <DIRECTORY>
              Directory to parse through
      -k, --keep-days <DAYS>
              Number of days to keep archived files [default: 7]
      -h, --help
              Print help
      -V, --version
              Print version

Support:

File Extension	Supported	Planned
log / logs	✅	-
txt / text	✅	-
bin	❌	❌
xml	✅	-
csv	✅	-
json	✅	-
elf	❌	❌
cef	✅	-
clf	✅	-
syslog	✅	-
Any Unnamed Extension	❌	❓

Build Locally:

Requires Rust (minimum stable-2024 & any-architecture)

    git clone https://github.com/jackpots28/logrotate.git
    cd logrotate
    cargo build --profile release
    sudo cp target/release/logrotate /usr/bin

Built binary is ~2Mb on disk

Install Prebuilt:

Brew (MacOS):

TBD

Linux (Fedora / CentOS / RHEL / Rocky - dnf or yum | x86-64, aarch64, ppc64le):

TDB

Linux (Debian - apt | x86-64, aarch64):

TBD

Windows (x86-64 assumed):

TBD

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