Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:18:51 +1300 From: Philip Murray <pmurray@nevada.net.nz> To: Ladislav Bodnar <distro.watch@msa.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rotating web server logs without restarting Apache Message-ID: <11EEE0FE-A7DC-4585-BF05-6FE3B73D5D97@nevada.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <200511250845.43542.distro.watch@msa.hinet.net> References: <200511250845.43542.distro.watch@msa.hinet.net>
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On 25/11/2005, at 1:45 PM, Ladislav Bodnar wrote: > Is there a way for Apache (version 2.0.55 on FreeBSD 6.0) to write > to the > new log file without the need to restart it? I restart it routinely > from a > cron job, but occasionally Apache fails to restart (or more > precisely, if > fails to shutdown completely before it is told to come up again). Look at sysutils/cronolog in ports. Apache logs to cronolog via a pipe and cronolog will do rotation for you without needing to restart Apache. Cheers Phil
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