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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:51:33 +0100
From: Holger Kipp <hk@alogis.com>
To: Gerald de la Pascua <gerald@homes-on-line.com>
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Subject: Re: Rotating web server logs without restarting Apache
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 02:28:31PM +0000, Gerald de la Pascua wrote:
> I usally just copy the file and then
> 
> echo > /var/log/apache/httpd_log
> 
> and apache doesn't seem to need to be restarted,

you will lose log entries. don't do that.

Regards,
Holger Kipp
alogis AG, Berlin