I usally just copy the file and then echo > /var/log/apache/httpd_log
and apache doesn't seem to need to be restarted, thanks Gerald On 11/25/05, Luke Hollins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ladislav Bodnar wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >Every time my httpd-access.log file is rotated I need to restart Apache, > >otherwise it won't write into the new httpd-access.log file. > > > >Is there a way for Apache (version 2.0.55 on FreeBSD 6.0) to write to the > >new log file without the need to restart it? I restart it routinely from > a > >cron job, but occasionally Apache fails to restart (or more precisely, if > >fails to shutdown completely before it is told to come up again). > > > > > > > If you send it kill -USR1 instead of restarting it, it will close and > re-open the logfile(s). > > -- > PGP: http://www.pathcom.com/~lwh/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
