cat /dev/null > /path/to/qmail-queue.log Works wonders to clear it out real quick... but you have to repeat this as it fills up (fast).
Turning off debug is best for production; it can be re-enabled at any time if you need it David A Gartner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Foundation Technologies "The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend." -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Qmail-scanner-general]How do I rotate qmail-queue.log? Hmm I just delete the file or move it depending on my mood and it just goes on and makes a new logfile itself. As far as I know that is the correct qmail-scanner behaviour.. No need to restart anything. ----- Original Message ----- From: "russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [Qmail-scanner-general]How do I rotate qmail-queue.log? > On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 08:37, Brian Hoover wrote: > > > The problem I'm trying to solve is rotating the qmail-queue.log file. My rotate script creates a new file sets the owner & permissions then moves the original file and moves the new file to qmail-queue.log. > > > > cd /var/spool/qmailscan > > touch ./qmail-queue.log.1 > > chmod 600 ./qmail-queue.log.1 > > chown qscand:root ./qmail-queue.log.1 > > mv ./qmail-queue.log ./qmail-queue.log.uc > > mv ./qmail-queue.log.1 ./qmail-queue.log > > > > The problem is that the log is not used until I restart qmail. > > How should this file be properly rotated? > > Don't delete the file. Instead, copy it if you want a back log. Then > Just pipe text into the old file. > > ie: > > cp /var/log /var/log.1 > echo "restart" > /var/log > > You are right, if you delete the file, you have to restart qmail. > > -- > Russel Oliver > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.techsane.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Qmail-scanner-general mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
