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My /etc/logrotate.d/hiawatha follows:

/var/log/hiawatha/access.log {
        weekly
        compress
        delaycompress
        rotate 52
        missingok
        create 640 www-data www-data
        sharedscripts
        /usr/bin/killall -HUP hiawatha
}

When I execute

/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf

it I receive:

error: hiawatha:9 unexpected log filename
error: found error in /var/log/hiawatha/access.log , skipping

The log file appears to be good:
/var/log/hiawatha# ls -l access.log
-rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 10931503 Mar 21 14:04 access.log

Why am I getting this error that prevents the rotation of the logs?

I am using Debian and was having the same problem. I don't think some of those options work anymore. Here is my config, which can be adjusted for your needs.

/var/log/hiawatha/*.log {
	rotate 52
	weekly
	compress
	copytruncate
	missingok
	notifempty
}

Hope that helps!

It help and it works now. Thanks!