Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 14:58:54 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: fbsd_user <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: run custom script when newsyslog rotates log file. Message-ID: <20040418135854.GA91368@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEDCFMAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEDCFMAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 09:03:11AM -0400, fbsd_user wrote:
> When my firewall log is rotated by newsyslog.conf, I want to run an
> custom script.
>=20
> Is there a way to auto launch script when newsyslog.conf log rotate
> event happens?
Not in any simple way. However you can get newsyslog(1) to send a
signal to the process of your choice when it cycles the log file.
That process can do whatever you want on receipt of the signal. This
is not beginner-level shell or perl programming, but it's not hugely
difficult either.
Cheers,
Matthew
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