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Date:      Tue, 7 Dec 1999 13:44:31 -0800 (PST)
From:      Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: httpd log rotate
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.991207133441.11886C-100000@roble2.roble.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912072148370.38401-100000@dominik.saargate.de>

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> Firstly, move all logfiles to another directory (on the same partition),
> then do an apachectl graceful (or something similar). Apache will use the
> old files until it gets the signal.

This will work as long as you're able to do an `apachectl graceful`
without interrupting any downloads in progress or other persistent
connections.  Otherwise copying (instead of moving) the log files and
clearing the originals will accomplish what you need.

The later method does have a small windows where log entries could be
lost but in practice this doesn't occur except on _very_ heavily
loaded servers with slow filesystems.

--
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/



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