Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 20:38:26 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Nuno Teixeira <nunotex@pt-quorum.com> Cc: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/newsyslog newsyslog.c Message-ID: <3D27B7B2.1B8EEE9B@FreeBSD.org> References: <200207011244.g61CiG3Y013597@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020707022423.GA51424@gw.tex.bogus>
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Nuno Teixeira wrote:
> Does this mean that now I can use newsyslog to compress apache logs?
The problem with newsyslog and things like apache and named is that the
process continues writing to the file after you mv it. The proper
procedure for such processes is:
mv logfile logfile.old
hup process
(process creates and starts writing to new log)
compress logfile.old
That way you don't lose anything. Since it's designed to work with
syslogd, what newsyslog does is:
mv logfile logfile.old
(syslogd stops writing to logfile)
compress logfile.old
create logfile
hup syslogd
That works fine for syslog, but wreaks havoc with things like apache and
named. There is a ${PREFIX}/sbin/rotatelogs script that comes with
apache, you should take a look at that and modify it to suit your needs.
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