Re: [cobalt-users] RE: Clearing Web Log

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought I'd responded to this; is this a second copy?

My only addition to this would be to do both commands in one shell
script, so they'll happen as close together in time as possible.

Jeff

hostmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> The correct procedure is to move the logfile, then signal Apache to tell it to
> reopen the logfiles.
> Apache is signaled using the SIGHUP (-1) signal. e.g.
> 
> mv access_log access_log.old
> kill -1 `cat httpd.pid`
> 
> Note: httpd.pid is a file containing the process id of the Apache httpd
> daemon,
> Apache saves this in the same directory as the log files.
> Many people use this method to replace (and backup) their logfiles on a
> nightly
> or weekly basis.
> 
> The above information was taken directly from the apach.org website.  Please
> review the following URL for verification:
> 
>         http://www.apache.org/docs-1.2/misc/howto.html#logreset
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