From: | Neil Toronto <NToronto(at)Dentrix(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | RE: [7.0.2] rotating log files ... |
Date: | 2000-08-28 20:37:24 |
Message-ID: | 14A4DCD7F3CED3118749009027DCBFE4C81EFC@smtp.stsrvcs.com |
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The process still has an open file handle, and will continue to do so even
after you move it. So, if your file is /var/log/messages, and you do a mv
/var/log/messages /var/log/messages.old or something (I know that's stupid,
but this is an example), the process will continue to write to
/var/log/messages.old.
The best way is what Chris said: copy the file, and cat /dev/null > logfile.
That'll truncate it well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ragnar Kjørstad [mailto:postgres(at)ragnark(dot)vestdata(dot)no]
What's wrong with moving the file when it's in use?
Copying the file will take much longer, and you might loose log-entries
that are written after cp but before truncate.
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Ragnar Kjorstad
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