Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 00:17:04 -0400 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> To: void <float@firedrake.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslogd and kqueue Message-ID: <20011027001704.B2586@coffee.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <20011027043342.A18231@parhelion.firedrake.org>; from float@firedrake.org on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 04:33:42AM %2B0100 References: <20011026233957.A9925@parhelion.firedrake.org> <20011026200436.A61058@xor.obsecurity.org> <20011027043342.A18231@parhelion.firedrake.org>
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void <float@firedrake.org> writes: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 08:04:36PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > I assume you mean "as soon as the configuration file is modified"? > > That would be a big violation of POLA. > > No ... Yes! > The traditional log-rotation dance goes something like: > > mv log log.0 > touch log > kill -1 `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid` > gzip log.0 > > I'm suggesting that the "kill" could be left out if syslogd got the same > smarts as "tail -F". I recommend using newsyslog(8) for rotating log files. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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