Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:51:03 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newsyslog blanket roll question Message-ID: <20011102125103.N4360@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20011102124956.A1702@keyslapper.org>; from leblanc%2Bfreebsd@keyslapper.org on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 12:49:57PM -0500 References: <20011102124956.A1702@keyslapper.org>
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On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 12:49:57PM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> Hey all. Quick newsyslog.conf question:
[snip]
> My question is can I do a blanket roll and just HUP Apache
> once if I configure Apache to use logfiles that fit the pattern
> http*log and just roll them as follows:
>
> /var/log/http*log 644 5 * $W6D0 Z /var/run/http.pid
>
> I don't see any indication in the manpage that this will or will not
> work, so I thought I'd pop the question out here. I could just try
> this, but I don't want to hose the logging if I can help it.
newsyslog(8) has no support for globbing. It will not work how you
want.
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