Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:00:01 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Apache 1.3.x log rotation Message-ID: <89546.1011016801@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Jan 2002 01:08:55 %2B1100." <Pine.BSF.3.96.1020113010225.17022A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 01:08:55 +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > > http://www.freebsddiary.org/rotatelogs.php > > From what I could gather from that, adding SIGUSR1 (30) to the newsyslog > entries will ensure graceful shutdown of any active children - right? Yes, but a graceful shutdown means that some log entries may take a long time to be written. So you also have to wait quite a while after you send your signal. Basically, it seems that the most reliable way to handle Apache log rotation under FreeBSD is to use the rotatelogs program supplied with Apache. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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