Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 12:43:25 +0200 From: Achim Patzner <ap@bnc.net> To: Hellmuth Michaelis <hm@hcs.de> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Rename on SIGUSR1 for isdnd Message-ID: <19990519124325.G51180@bnc.net> In-Reply-To: <m10k0sp-0000fgC@hcswork.hcs.de>; from Hellmuth Michaelis on Wed, May 19, 1999 at 09:35:19AM %2B0200 References: <3741EFAE.5C0BFD63@scc.nl> <m10k0sp-0000fgC@hcswork.hcs.de>
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On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 09:35:19AM +0200, Hellmuth Michaelis wrote: > > Below is a small set of patches to change the behaviour of isdnd when > > it's send a SIGUSR1 signal. Without the patches, isdnd simply closes and > > reopens the acctfile and logfile (if applicable). With the patches, > > isdnd closes the files and renames them, after which fresh files are > > created. > > The idea behind isdnd's current behaviour is to have a shell script which > renames isdnd's log file and then send a SIGUSR1 signal to isdnd. Which is the way it has been done for ages[tm]. > On the other side, the advantage of the patch is that the rename is under > control of isdnd which makes it (more) atomic. What would that be good for? > Comments ? Yes. Renaming is violating the principle of causing the least surprises. Who'll come up with a similar patch to syslogd (and will try recommending it on -current 8-))) )? Achim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message
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