Date: 01 Apr 2000 15:41:23 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rotating apache logs (new logs don't appear) Message-ID: <rd63dp5pn9o.fsf@world.std.com> In-Reply-To: Arcady Genkin's message of 01 Apr 2000 14:39:06 -0500 References: <874s9ly5k5.fsf@tea.thpoon.com>
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Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> writes: > I've set up a cron job to rotate apache access and error logs, but > suspect that there's a fault with my script. [...] > I suspect that perhaps apache keeps track of the log file as a file > descriptor and doesn't check if the file needs to be re-created when > trying to write to it, but I might be wrong. No, you're exactly right. You need to tell Apache when you're moving the files out from under it. [This is documented in the Apache manuals, which is where I figured it out from.] You need to send a SIGHUP to Apache at the right time. I use newsyslog(8) for this, with the relevant line being: /var/log/httpd-access.log 644 4 100 336 Z /var/run/httpd.pid but if you really need to write your own script, you'll have to use kill(1) to do so. For the record, I recommend using newsyslog if you can. Be well. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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