Newly created logrotate rule doesn't work for the first time.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • A new logrotate rule is newly created which is daily rotated.
  • For the first day it didn't be rotated but the next day it's rotated.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • logrotate

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