Hello, I know the problem of imfile and rotating logs was discussed a million times now, but I still can't find a comprehensive answer. So please excuse me for bringing it up again.
I understand that previous versions of imfile used to monitor the size of the log and if that went down, assume it was truncated and start monitoring from the beginning. I also understand that this might cause problems if, for example, the app starts logging like nuts and the size of the log goes up again right after truncation. Are there other significant issues that I'm missing? Assuming the answer is "no", can't the old functionality be offered as an option (eg: checkFileSize=yes/no)? There can be a disclaimer there and it could be "no" by default. I think this would be useful not only to me, but for other people using Jetty or other apps that don't play nicely with having their logfiles moved for rotating. Speaking about my situation, here's where I'm at: ########## Context ########## - moving and creating new logfiles makes Jetty stop logging, and sending HUP to it doesn't do anything. Although this is what imfile seems to prefer, I'd have to restart Jetty, which creates a downtime I can't afford - similarly, copying and truncating logfiles confuses rsyslog, do I'd have to remove the state file and restart rsyslog. Again, a downtime I can't afford ########## Other possible solutions ########## It seems like there are two solutions I can try. They seem nastier than what I suggest, but might work: - find a logging library for Jetty that plays nicely with the "create" method of rotating. If there is such a library, and I'd have to see what are the implications for our project - make Jetty log to syslog directly. Again, it's a fuzzy land, because of the unknown implications, plus I'm not sure how those libraries will play with large stacktraces (due to size and \n) - use a different rsyslog daemon for monitoring the files, so I can afford to restart it Thanks and best regards, Radu _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
