Am Fr, den 23.01.2004 schrieb Tom Mitchell um 18:51: [ snip ] > > > mv logfile.1 logfile-ending-on-`date +"%Y-%m-%d_%R` > > I need to think about how your script interacts with the log daemon > and logrotate. Processes that log to files often keep the file open > thus the mv is done first. Then a new file is created if needed. > Then the process is signaled so it can close the old file's inode. > The rename acts on the inode that is open. If you make a copy of a > file that is open it only contains the data at that instant. I think > there is a small window of time where some stuff can be lost in your > solution. Yes, that is _very_ critical. So my (wild) suggestion before was already not a simple move but a copy and then to empty the original logfile (> logfile). The syslog daemon massively dislikes it if you take him away the logfile. He just will stop to log until you restart him. So just a file move is worst you can do. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
