# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2004-04-01 16:53:19 -0500:
> I have a program that I have the is supposed to run forever. I log any
> output to a log file. It is run in a startup script like thie:
>
> program_name >> $err_log 2>&1
>
> The problem is that after newsyslog rotates the $err_log file, no more
> data is written to the file. I can not stop and restart the program. I
> can accept a signal. But what do I need to do in "program_name" to allow
> the data to be written after the "rotation" of the file.
the program still writes to the original file. file != filename.
you need to have newsyslog send the daemon a signal; the program
needs to reopen the path in the signal handler.
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