disable symlink creation by default and allow the ability to customize the symlink name

Author: Matt Berther

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ The DailyRotateFile transport can rotate files by minute, hour, day, month, year
 * **auditFile**: A string representing the name of the name of the audit file. This can be used to override the default filename which is generated by computing a hash of the options object. (default: '.<optionsHash>.json')
 * **utc**: Use UTC time for date in filename. (default: false)
 * **extension**: File extension to be appended to the filename. (default: '')
+* **createSymlink**: Create a tailable symlink to the current active log file. (default: false)
+* **symlinkName**: The name of the tailable symlink. (default: 'current.log')
 
 ## Usage
 ``` js

daily-rotate-file.js

@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ var DailyRotateFile = function (options) {
             audit_file: options.auditFile ? options.auditFile : path.join(self.dirname, '.' + hash(options) + '-audit.json'),
             file_options: options.options ? options.options : {flags: 'a'},
             utc: options.utc ? options.utc : false,
-            extension: options.extension ? options.extension : ''
+            extension: options.extension ? options.extension : '',
+            create_symlink: options.createSymlink ? options.createSymlink : false,
+            symlink_name: options.symlinkName ? options.symlinkName : 'current.log'
         });
 
         this.logStream.on('new', function (newFile) {

package-lock.json

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "rimraf": "2.6.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "file-stream-rotator": "^0.5.4",
+    "file-stream-rotator": "^0.5.5",
     "object-hash": "^1.3.0",
     "triple-beam": "^1.3.0",
     "winston-transport": "^4.2.0"