Recognized files

The extension recognizes logrotate.conf, files directly under a logrotate.d directory, *.logrotate, and *.logrotate.conf. It also recognizes an open text file when the first line is a complete log-path stanza, such as /var/log/application.log {.

Includes and project filenames

Files reached through an include directive are assigned the Logrotate language after the open root configuration is analyzed. The extension does not claim every .conf file or guess from a project filename alone.

Use Visual Studio Code’s files.associations setting for a project-specific name:

{
  "files.associations": {
    "deploy/rotation-policy": "logrotate"
  }
}

State files

State files use a separate, read-only-oriented language mode. The recognized names are logrotate.status and logrotate/status. A file is also recognized when its first line is exactly logrotate state -- version 1 or logrotate state -- version 2.

Markdown

Markdown fences named logrotate, logrotate.conf, and logrotate-config receive syntax highlighting without changing the Markdown language mode.