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Date:      Thu, 01 Mar 2001 07:56:41 +0100
From:      Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Just curious on log rotating
Message-ID:  <3A9DF2A9.1A5500CF@eboa.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10103010301440.5399-100000@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>

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Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> Most logs are rotated via newsyslog (configured in /etc/newsyslog.conf),
> while accounting logs are rotated by /etc/periodic/daily/310...smthing.
> 
> Why not to just rotate them all by newsyslog, so sysadmin would not need
> to mess with dozen files when tuning his box for log roration.
> 
> Just wondering...

Well, I can think of one thing. Namely the case where one has
multiple log files but just the one daemon. Like my current situation
with apache. I'm entertaining clients who have clients whom will
want their own logfiles. Even though there is but the one httpd master
daemon to signal.

Since I got tired of pondering the new graceful thingum and the
way inode handling could throw wrenches into wheels I just switched
to cronolog to be done with it. Who needs the agravation?

Just one  reason and probably not the one you wanted to hear. Alas...

Roelof

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