Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:09:55 +0800 From: Calvin OnEarth <hangdog@gmail.com> To: Philip Murray <pmurray@nevada.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rotating web server logs without restarting Apache Message-ID: <dc3ae0fb0511241809y64574593h653c9c9047fa4dd9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <11EEE0FE-A7DC-4585-BF05-6FE3B73D5D97@nevada.net.nz> References: <200511250845.43542.distro.watch@msa.hinet.net> <11EEE0FE-A7DC-4585-BF05-6FE3B73D5D97@nevada.net.nz>
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My very non-orthodox way is to:- 1) copy the entire content of the log file out for storage, renamed according to date. 2) cat /dev/null to the apache logfile On 11/25/05, Philip Murray <pmurray@nevada.net.nz> wrote: > On 25/11/2005, at 1:45 PM, Ladislav Bodnar wrote: > > Is there a way for Apache (version 2.0.55 on FreeBSD 6.0) to write > > to the > > new log file without the need to restart it? I restart it routinely > > from a > > cron job, but occasionally Apache fails to restart (or more > > precisely, if > > fails to shutdown completely before it is told to come up again). > > Look at sysutils/cronolog in ports. Apache logs to cronolog via a > pipe and cronolog will do rotation for you without needing to restart > Apache. > > Cheers > > Phil
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