function Reset-Log { #function checks to see if file in question is larger than the paramater specified if it is it will roll a log and delete the oldes log if there are more than x logs. param([string]$fileName, [int64]$filesize = 1mb , [int] $logcount = 5) $logRollStatus = $true if(test-path $filename) { $file = Get-ChildItem $filename if((($file).length) -ige $filesize) #this starts the log roll { $fileDir = $file.Directory $fn = $file.name #this gets the name of the file we started with $files = Get-ChildItem $filedir | ?{$_.name -like "$fn*"} | Sort-Object lastwritetime $filefullname = $file.fullname #this gets the fullname of the file we started with #$logcount +=1 #add one to the count as the base file is one more than the count for ($i = ($files.count); $i -gt 0; $i--) { #[int]$fileNumber = ($f).name.Trim($file.name) #gets the current number of the file we are on $files = Get-ChildItem $filedir | ?{$_.name -like "$fn*"} | Sort-Object lastwritetime $operatingFile = $files | ?{($_.name).trim($fn) -eq $i} if ($operatingfile) {$operatingFilenumber = ($files | ?{($_.name).trim($fn) -eq $i}).name.trim($fn)} else {$operatingFilenumber = $null} if(($operatingFilenumber -eq $null) -and ($i -ne 1) -and ($i -lt $logcount)) { $operatingFilenumber = $i $newfilename = "$filefullname.$operatingFilenumber" $operatingFile = $files | ?{($_.name).trim($fn) -eq ($i-1)} write-host "moving to $newfilename" move-item ($operatingFile.FullName) -Destination $newfilename -Force } elseif($i -ge $logcount) { if($operatingFilenumber -eq $null) { $operatingFilenumber = $i - 1 $operatingFile = $files | ?{($_.name).trim($fn) -eq $operatingFilenumber} } write-host "deleting " ($operatingFile.FullName) remove-item ($operatingFile.FullName) -Force } elseif($i -eq 1) { $operatingFilenumber = 1 $newfilename = "$filefullname.$operatingFilenumber" write-host "moving to $newfilename" move-item $filefullname -Destination $newfilename -Force } else { $operatingFilenumber = $i +1 $newfilename = "$filefullname.$operatingFilenumber" $operatingFile = $files | ?{($_.name).trim($fn) -eq ($i-1)} write-host "moving to $newfilename" move-item ($operatingFile.FullName) -Destination $newfilename -Force } } } else { $logRollStatus = $false} } else { $logrollStatus = $false } $LogRollStatus } Reset-Log -fileName $logfile -filesize 1mb -logcount 5