I've always rotated my logs without ever starting apache. I just do
something like this.
cp access_log $date_access_log
echo > access_log
gzip $date_access_log
It's possible to lose a line or 2 of logging, but if that's ok, this is
what I've done.
Robert Zajda wrote:
It's hosting server so restarting apache is bad idea.
On 5/15/07, John Mendenhall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you don't mind a second or two of down time then you can use
> something like this in newsyslog.conf as a restart command:
>
> "apachectl stop;sleep 1;apachctl start;sleep 10;apachectl start"
>
> The first sleep gives apache a second to finish active requests before
> trying to start again. The second sleep and start is to catch the case
> where the first start fails because apache is still running.
I have a script which does the following:
+ rotates logs
+ calls apachectl stop (twice, with sleep 2 after each call)
+ calls apachectl stop and greps the output to make sure it is stopped
(looks for 'not running')
+ if I don't find not running, pages me
+ run apachectl startssl
This is all in a wrapper script which then calls awstats
after a successful rotate and restart.
Works for us.
JohnM
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