hi, for all those who had problems with SIGHUP processing, please try this patch: diff -u -r1.49 affile.c --- affile.c 2002/04/12 07:42:16 1.49 +++ affile.c 2002/04/26 09:28:07 @@ -894,7 +903,7 @@ if (self->flags & AFFILE_NO_EXPAND) { if (!self->writers) { - self->writers = make_affile_dest_writer(self, self->template_fname); + self->writers = make_affile_dest_writer(self, ol_string_use(self->template_fname)); res = LOG_HANDLER_INIT(self->writers, self->cfg, NULL); if (res & ST_QUIT) return NULL; The problem doesn't occur if your destination files have macros in their names. This might affect the 1.4 versions as well. -- Bazsi PGP info: KeyID 9AF8D0A9 Fingerprint CD27 CFB0 802C 0944 9CFD 804E C82C 8EB1