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From: Thomas Graichen <graichen@omega.physik.fu-berlin.de>
Message-Id: <199601161156.MAA18015@puck.physik.fu-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc newsyslog.conf rc
To: ache@astral.msk.su (=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:56:22 +0100 (MET)
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hasn't =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= said ? ...
> 
> In message <199601160804.AAA20776@freefall.freebsd.org> Thomas Graichen
>     writes:
> 
> >graichen    96/01/16 00:04:09
> 
> >  Modified:    etc       newsyslog.conf rc
> >  Log:
> >  added the "-p" option to amd so that it writes it's pid to
> >  /var/run/amd.pid and added the "-l /var/log/amd.log" option there too
>   
> >  added an entry for the "rotation" of /var/log/amd.log to newsyslog.conf
>   
> What I need from newsyslog badly is a new newsyslog.conf field
> with pid file name. If such field present, newsyslog must read
> pid from specified file and do 'kill -1 pid' to inform process
> to close current logfile and open new one. It is needed because
> some essential daemons as Apache don't use syslog() call, but
> use their own log routines. They need HUP to start with new logs.
> Can you implement it, please?
> 
only over a long time - i'm currently very short in time - i'll commit an
upgraded f2c (which i've ready at home) and then make a pause for about 3
months to complete my thesis in physics - that's why it would have to wait
until then - maybe someone else may look at it ?

t
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