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+"cronolog" is a simple program that reads log messages from its input
+and writes them to a set of output files, the names of which are
+constructed using template and the current date and time.  The
+template uses the same format specifiers as the Unix date command
+(which are the same as the standard C strftime library function).
+
+"cronolog" is intended to be used in conjunction with a Web server, such
+as Apache to split the access log into daily or monthly logs. For
+example the Apache configuration directives:
+
+	TransferLog "|/www/sbin/cronolog /www/logs/%Y/%m/%d/access.log"
+	ErrorLog    "|/www/sbin/cronolog /www/logs/%Y/%m/%d/errors.log"
+
+would instruct Apache to pipe its access and error log messages into
+separate copies of cronolog, which would create new log files each day
+in a directory hierarchy structured by date, i.e. on 31 December 1996
+messages would be written to
+
+	/www/logs/1996/12/31/access.log
+	/www/logs/1996/12/31/errors.log
+
+after midnight the files
+
+	/www/logs/1997/01/01/access.log
+	/www/logs/1997/01/01/errors.log
+
+would be used, with the directories 1997, 1997/01 and 1997/01/01 being
+created if they did not already exist.
+
+The most up-to-date version of "cronolog" can be found at:
+
+	WWW: http://www.ford-mason.co.uk/resources/cronolog/
+
+- Mark Blackman
+tmb@maddog.u-net.com