Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:17:01 -0400 From: carmel_ny <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using 'USR1' signal in newsyslog.conf file causes error Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP51218512962D50A04C15DB93BC0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910242132220.65671@mail.fig.ol.no> References: <BLU0-SMTP57F7CB75E33B6490E6E36393BC0@phx.gbl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910242132220.65671@mail.fig.ol.no>
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On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:34:08 +0200 (CEST) Trond Endrestøl <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> replied: >On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:26-0400, carmel_ny wrote: > >> Dovecot has a site with information regarding how to rotate it's >> log-file. <http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging>; Since I do not have >> logrotate on my FreeBSD-7.2 system, I thought I could use newsyslog >> to accomplish the action. I seem to have run into a problem however. >> >> newsyslog: illegal signal number in config file: >> /var/log/dovecot.log root:wheel 0666 1 * $M1D0 >> CJ /var/run/dovecot/master.pid SIGUSR1 >> >> I then changed "SIGUSR1" TO "USR1'; however, the problem continues. >> >> Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? > >You're supposed to use a number. Look in /usr/include/sys/signal.h, >you'll find SIGUSR1 listed as signal no. 30. Use 30 as opposed to >SIGUSR or USR1. > >Trond I did a 'kill -l' right after I posted that message. I discovered the numerical equivalency then. -- Carmel carmel_ny@hotmail.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | "Fantasies are free." "NO!! NO!! It's the thought police!!!!"
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