[mythtv-users] Ad removal

[Daryl McDonald]

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 10/16/2013 7:10 PM, Stephen P. Villano wrote:
>>
>> Been in similar situations before. I tend to shut down the process, such
>> as the BE, rename the logfile and restart the process.
>
>
> Why? Shutting down the backend and starting it again will cause the backend
> to automatically write to a new log file.  Assuming it is actually using a
> log file, it will not reuse the same log file.
>
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When I look in /var/log/mythtv I see mythbackend.log as well as
mythbackend.log1 and "2 and the dates therein make me think when the
current log gets full 2 will become 3 and 1 will become 2 etc.