Option to add files to the statefile without force

[sastorsl]

There should be an option to add files to the state file without running force / actually rotation.

This would help when preparing log rotation during daytime, without having to do a rotate at once.

1. Edit config file
2. Run "logrotate --update-state-file -f my-logrotate.cfg"
3. Files will be rotated the next time logrotate runs at night.

[kdudka]

It sounds useful. The example is slightly confusing though. --update-state-file is something that one would expect from logrotate to do by default. Should we name it --update-state-file-only instead?

Why are you using -f together with --update-state-file? -f tells logrotate to force the rotation whereas --update-state-file should tell logrotate to skip any rotations. Am I missing anything?