Subject: Re: bin/6395: Enhancement to newsyslog - HUP process other than
To: None <paul@whooppee.com>
From: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/03/1998 22:43:38
At 2:29 Uhr +0100 03.11.1998, Paul Goyette wrote:
> The functionality of newsyslog should not be restricted to
> files maintained by syslogd. There are other programs, such
> as httpd (Apache web server) that maintain log files which
> grow rather large over time, and that are kept open for the
> duration of the program.
Strongly seconded! I added that very functionality for that very reason
when I ported newsyslog to Linux a year ago. A few days ago, I even thought
about send-pr'ing the diffs -- thanks, Paul.
hauke
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