wow-log-rotate.php

#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php

# execute as nightly cronjob
# redirect to /dev/null if you don't want get mailed errors because WoW is running

# use with Elephant (or similar) addon that automatically enables writing to WoWChatLog.txt

$source_path = "/Applications/Games/World of Warcraft/Logs";
$dest_path = '/Users/david/Documents/Logs/WoW';

if (!file_exists($source_path) || !is_dir($source_path))
{
  echo "Bad logs path\n";
  exit(1);
}

if (shell_exec('ps -A | grep "World of Warcraft" | grep -v grep | wc -l | tr -d " "') != 0)
{
  echo "Not while WoW is running kthx\n";
  exit(1);
}

if (file_exists($source_path.'/WoWChatLog.txt'))
{
  if (!file_exists($dest_path))
  {
    mkdir($dest_path);
  }
  
  $i = 0;
  while (true)
  {
    $try_file = $dest_path.'/'.date('Y-m-d').($i > 0 ? '-'.$i : '').'.txt';
    if (!file_exists($try_file))
    {
      rename($source_path.'/WowChatLog.txt', $try_file);
      break;
    }
    
    $i++;
  }
}

exit(0);