[mythtv-users] Logrotate settings for mythbackend.log?
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Tue Jan 17 16:12:24 UTC 2006
On Tuesday 17 January 2006 10:39, Jonathan Tidmore wrote:
> On 1/17/06, Stef Coene <stef.coene at docum.org> wrote:
> >
> > No, signal HUP means "reload and start a new config file" (a proces
> > can do
> > what ever it wants with a HUP signal, but most of the times it's
> > used to
> > rotate the logfiles).
>
>
>
> This may be true for most programs, but like you said, a process can
> do what
> it wants with a HUP signal. Some may restart, some may exit, some may
> do
> nothing. Point is, do we know what mythbackend does with a HUP
signal?
Yes, it closes the current logfile and starts a new one, IIRC.
-JAC
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