[syslog-ng]SIGXXX logrotate patch suggestion.

Balazs Scheidler bazsi@balabit.hu
Mon, 4 Nov 2002 13:24:57 +0100


hi,

yes, it is indeed easier. I'll check what I can do in the matter. an USR1
signal should be ok I guess.

On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:22:13AM +0000, Ted_Rule@flextech.co.uk wrote:
> How's about another variation on the same theme, namely to provide a separate
> signal
> for rotating logs, in a similar manner to Squid which has separate signals for
> daemon reconfiguration
> and log rotation.
> 
> The action of the new signal would merely be to close all existing output
> descriptors, and re-open them
> with the same parameters.

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