source: trunk/minix/commands/scripts/rotate.sh@ 21

#!/bin/sh
BZIP=/usr/local/bin/bzip2
RM="rm -f"
MV="mv -f"

if [ $# -ne 2 ]
then    echo "Usage: $0 <log> <keep>"
        exit 1
fi

if [ ! -f "$1" ]
then     exit 1
fi

if [ ! -x "$BZIP" ]
then    exit 1
fi

if [ "$2" -le 0 ]
then    echo "Keep at least 1 copy please."
        exit 1
fi

k="$2"
$RM "$1.$k" 2>/dev/null || exit 1
while [ "$k" -ge 2 ]
do      prev="`expr $k - 1`"
        $MV $1.$prev.bz2 $1.$k.bz2 2>/dev/null 
        k=$prev
done
$BZIP -c $1 >$1.1.bz2 && : >$1