How does logrotate decide to rotate the logs in case of weekly rotation ?

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Issue

  • Log retention had been set for 90 days but less than 90 days of log was available after rotation.
  • /etc/logrotate.conf has the following options set, how many days of logs will be available.
weekly
rotate 12

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (all releases)

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