Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:43:29 -0500 (CDT) From: jsw@cywub.sitel.net To: rjoseph@manatee.mammalia.org (R Joseph Wright) Cc: drew@planetwe.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Zero'ing out files Message-ID: <200006292143.QAA21431@iwww.sitel.net> In-Reply-To: <20000629141519.A316@manatee.mammalia.org> from R Joseph Wright at "Jun 29, 0 02:15:19 pm"
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> > Is there a way to zero out a file, and still leave it open, say for an > > apache access log? If there is a simple way to rotate the access logs > > How about "cat /dev/null > file" ? We use a script that runs right after midnight to do this. Hasn't failed yet, although I can see where maybe one detail line might be lost. mv access_log access.old true >access_log Assuming a hit does not come in at the very instant, it should be a clean solution. Good day JSW To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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