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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:05:18 +0200, Eray Aslan wrote: |
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> - No need to logrotate with time based filenames. Hence, no need to |
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> "kill -HUP" the syslog daemon. No missed logs. |
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Then how do you get the server to use the new logfile names each |
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day/week? You only need to send a SIGHUP to the server using that log |
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facility, so syslog would not be affected in your example. |
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> - Easier to get the log files to a central server with time based |
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> filenames. |
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Logrotate can use datestamps in the rotated logfile names. You can use |
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the postrotate facility to copy them automatically. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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