[CUWiN-Dev] hellowdog + newsyslog

[David Young]

On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 10:00:19PM -0500, Bill Comisky wrote:
> 
> /var/log/hellowdog isn't currently rotated by newsyslog.  The patch below 
> traps SIGUSR1 in hellowdog and calls '/etc/rc.d/hellowdog restart'.  The 
> newsyslog.conf file is modified to send SIGUSR1 to the hellowdog process 
> (HUP is already used to reset the timer).
> 
> Is this the "right" way to do this?  Any better signal to use that USR1?
> Let me know & I'll commit.

I am uneasy with restarting hellowdog, because if it cannot restart,
either we get an (arguably) spurious reboot, or we lose hellowdog's
"liveness" guarantee.

Have a look at the script I have attached.  It reopens its log file when
it gets a SIGUSR1.

Dave

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David Young             OJC Technologies
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