--- rotatelogs.c	2009-11-09 14:57:18.000000000 -0500
+++ rotatelogs.c.new	2009-11-09 13:53:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -70,10 +70,15 @@
         fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", reason);
     }
     fprintf(stderr,
-            "Usage: %s [-l] [-f] <logfile> "
+            "Usage: %s [-N <n>] [-l] [-f] <logfile> "
             "{<rotation time in seconds>|<rotation size in megabytes>} "
             "[offset minutes from UTC]\n\n",
             argv0);
+    fprintf(stderr,
+            "if [-N <n>] is used, the log file will use the name specified without extensions (/some/where) \n"
+            "    and roll the old logs to /some/where.n, total n files will be kept\n"
+            "    n must be greater than 0 \n\n",
+            argv0);
 #ifdef OS2
     fprintf(stderr,
             "Add this:\n\nTransferLog \"|%s.exe /some/where 86400\"\n\n",
@@ -112,15 +117,18 @@
 
 int main (int argc, const char * const argv[])
 {
-    char buf[BUFSIZE], buf2[MAX_PATH], errbuf[ERRMSGSZ];
+    char buf[BUFSIZE], buf2[MAX_PATH], errbuf[ERRMSGSZ], buf3[MAX_PATH], buf4[MAX_PATH];
     int tLogEnd = 0, tRotation = 0, utc_offset = 0;
     unsigned int sRotation = 0;
     int nMessCount = 0;
     apr_size_t nRead, nWrite;
     int use_strftime = 0;
     int use_localtime = 0;
+    int use_num = 0;
+    int num_to_keep = 0;
     int bypass_io = 0;
     int now = 0;
+    int i = 0;
     const char *szLogRoot;
     apr_file_t *f_stdin, *nLogFD = NULL, *nLogFDprev = NULL;
     apr_pool_t *pool;
@@ -137,7 +145,7 @@
 
     apr_pool_create(&pool, NULL);
     apr_getopt_init(&opt, pool, argc, argv);
-    while ((rv = apr_getopt(opt, "lf", &c, &optarg)) == APR_SUCCESS) {
+    while ((rv = apr_getopt(opt, "lfN", &c, &optarg)) == APR_SUCCESS) {
         switch (c) {
         case 'l':
             use_localtime = 1;
@@ -145,6 +153,13 @@
         case 'f':
             bypass_io = 1;
             break;
+	case 'N':
+            use_num = 1;
+            num_to_keep = atoi(argv[opt->ind++]);
+            if ( num_to_keep <= 0 ) {
+               usage(argv[0], "Invalid 'number of old files' to keep parameter");
+            }; 
+            break;
         }
     }
 
@@ -207,6 +222,14 @@
             if (nLogFD != NULL && now >= tLogEnd) {
                 nLogFDprev = nLogFD;
                 nLogFD = NULL;
+                if (use_num) {
+                   for ( i = num_to_keep; i > 1 ; i-- ) {
+                       sprintf(buf4, "%s.%d", buf2, i); 
+                       sprintf(buf3, "%s.%d", buf2, i - 1); 
+                       rename(buf3, buf4);
+                   }
+                   rename(buf2, buf3);
+                }
             }
         }
         else if (sRotation) {
@@ -221,6 +244,14 @@
             if (current_size > sRotation) {
                 nLogFDprev = nLogFD;
                 nLogFD = NULL;
+                if (use_num) {
+                   for ( i = num_to_keep; i > 1 ; i-- ) {
+                       sprintf(buf4, "%s.%d", buf2, i);       
+                       sprintf(buf3, "%s.%d", buf2, i - 1);
+                       rename(buf3, buf4);
+                   }
+                   rename(buf2, buf3);
+                }
             }
         }
         else {
@@ -247,14 +278,23 @@
                 apr_time_exp_gmt(&e, tNow);
                 apr_strftime(buf2, &rs, sizeof(buf2), szLogRoot, &e);
             }
+            else if (use_num) {
+                sprintf(buf2, "%s", szLogRoot);
+            }
             else {
                 sprintf(buf2, "%s.%010d", szLogRoot, tLogStart);
             }
             tLogEnd = tLogStart + tRotation;
             pfile_prev = pfile;
             apr_pool_create(&pfile, pool);
-            rv = apr_file_open(&nLogFD, buf2, APR_WRITE | APR_CREATE | APR_APPEND,
+            if (use_num) {
+               rv = apr_file_open(&nLogFD, buf2, APR_WRITE | APR_CREATE,
                                APR_OS_DEFAULT, pfile);
+            }
+            else {
+               rv = apr_file_open(&nLogFD, buf2, APR_WRITE | APR_CREATE | APR_APPEND,
+                               APR_OS_DEFAULT, pfile);
+            }
             if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
                 char error[120];