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DOCS-2315: adds blurb about rename to rename tutorial intro
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Log Rotation with ``--logRotate rename``
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The following steps create and rotate a log file:
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Log rotation with :option:`--logRotate` ``rename`` is MongoDB's standard
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approach to log rotation. With ``rename``, :program:`mongod` or
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:program:`mongos` renames the current log file by appending a UTC
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timestamp to the filename, opens a new log file, closes the old log file,
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and sends all new log entries to the new log file.
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.. include:: /includes/steps/log-rotate-rename.rst
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