Hi, OK, here is a test scenario.
mkdir /tmp/svlogd-test cat <<EOF >/tmp/svlogd-test/config s100 n3 !gzip -9 EOF svlogd /tmp/svlogd-test </dev/urandom Let it run for a while; it seems to work, there are never more than 3 @* files. Now press ctrl-c, and then restart svlogd. Repeat a few times. I was left with: -rwxr--r--+ 1 korn admin 123 Jun 2 16:57 @40000000448051fc1feb0734.s -rwxr--r--+ 1 korn admin 123 Jun 2 16:57 @40000000448051fc20bca35c.s -rwxr--r--+ 1 korn admin 123 Jun 2 16:57 @40000000448051fc2192e304.s -rwxr--r--+ 1 korn admin 123 Jun 2 16:57 @40000000448051fc2265d304.s -rwxr--r--+ 1 korn admin 123 Jun 2 16:57 @40000000448051fc233999dc.s -rwxr--r--+ 1 korn admin 123 Jun 2 16:57 @40000000448051fc240d7ff4.s -rwxr--r--+ 1 korn admin 123 Jun 2 16:57 @40000000448051fc24e03d2c.s -rw-r--r--+ 1 korn admin 123 Jun 2 16:57 @40000000448051fc25b15484.t -rw-r--r--+ 1 korn admin 17 Jun 2 16:57 config -rw-r--r--+ 1 korn admin 100 Jun 2 16:57 current -rw-------+ 1 korn admin 0 Jun 2 16:57 lock -rw-r--r--+ 1 korn admin 0 Jun 2 16:57 newstate -rw-r--r--+ 1 korn admin 0 Jun 2 16:57 state Obviously way more than 3. So, somehow, when svlogd exits due to a signal, the number of logfiles can get out of hand. Andras -- Andras Korn <korn at chardonnay.math.bme.hu> <http://chardonnay.math.bme.hu/~korn/> QOTD: What we call work the Mexicans call siesta. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]