log-rotate
======

Rotate a log similar to the way linux logrotate does, appending and updating
`.NUM` indexes as you go.

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Example
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``` js
var rotate = require('log-rotate');
  
// move a log file while incrementing existing indexed / rotated logs
rotate('./test.log', function(err) {
  // ls ./ => test.log test.log.0
});
```

options
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### count
Limit the number of rotated files to `count`

``` js
var rotate = require('log-rotate');

rotate('./test.log', { count: 3 }, function(err) {
  // ls ./ => test.log test.log.0 test.log.1
});
```

### compress
Compress rotated files with gzip

install
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With [npm](http://npmjs.org) do:

```
npm install log-rotate
```