[mythtv-users] Logrotate settings for mythbackend.log?

Stef Coene stef.coene at docum.org
Tue Jan 17 18:23:54 UTC 2006


On Tuesday 17 January 2006 16:39, 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?
I don't know, but I have this on my debian box and it's working:

/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log {
        daily
        rotate 7
        notifempty
        copytruncate
}


Stef


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