Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 13:50:14 -0800 (PST) From: Derrick Baumer <bduk@earthlink.net> To: a.genkin@utoronto.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Rotating apache logs (new logs don't appear) Message-ID: <200004012150.NAA04182@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <874s9ly5k5.fsf@tea.thpoon.com> (message from Arcady Genkin on 01 Apr 2000 14:39:06 -0500)
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You need to send HUP to the server.
kill -1 `cat /var/run/httpd.pid`
Also, read the online documentation that comes with the apache install
and check out the frequently asked questions area.
> From: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
>
> I've set up a cron job to rotate apache access and error logs, but
> suspect that there's a fault with my script.
>
> It's been more than 36 hours since the last rotation, and the new logs
> just don't appear (and I know that there has been traffic). Here's
> what I came up with for the script:
> ,----
> | #! /bin/sh
> | # Rename current logs to have today's day of week suffix
> |
> | ACCESS_LOG=/var/log/apache_access_log
> | ERROR_LOG=/var/log/apache_error_log
> |
> | # set $DAY to day of week
> | DAY=`date | awk '{print $1}'`
> |
> | ACCESS_LOG_DAY=$ACCESS_LOG.$DAY
> | ERROR_LOG_DAY=$ERROR_LOG.$DAY
> |
> | if [ -w $ACCESS_LOG ]
> | then
> | mv $ACCESS_LOG $ACCESS_LOG.tmp
> | # remove all entries for local access
> | egrep -v '^192\.168\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*' $ACCESS_LOG.tmp > $ACCESS_LOG_DAY
> | rm -f $ACCESS_LOG.tmp
> | fi
> |
> | if [ -w $ERROR_LOG ]
> | then
> | mv $ERROR_LOG $ERROR_LOG_DAY
> | mail -s "Apache errors log for $DAY" < $ERROR_LOG_DAY webmaster
> | fi
> `----
>
> I suspect that perhaps apache keeps track of the log file as a file
> descriptor and doesn't check if the file needs to be re-created when
> trying to write to it, but I might be wrong.
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
> --
> Arcady Genkin http://www.thpoon.com
> Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
--
Derrick Baumer - Black Duck Software
<bduk@earthlink.net>
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