Hi, A) for what it's worth, I ran:
rename mylicense.log mylicense.log.20041101051900 and the command prompt was able to rename the file WITHOUT problems (I didn't even stop the IMAIL or Sniffer services. So it appears that nothing locks the ".log" file. B) >> Under normal conditions the persistent server will see this file, delete it, and process the command it represents. << Well - in my case it's 30 MINUTES later and the .rotate file still exists! >> What version operating system are you using? << Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack 4 on a dual-processor Dell machine Hotfixchecker lists no missing security fixes >> What does your licenseid.persistent.stat file contain? << Hm - interesting - that file does NOT exists. However, I DID see it exist while I had executed "mylicenseid.exe persistent" from the command line >> what is the build information? << build - v2-3.1 Oct 26 2004 22:03:06 Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax: +1 201 934-9206 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:14 AM To: Andy Schmidt Subject: Re[4]: [sniffer] LogRotate no longer working? On Monday, November 1, 2004, 12:02:30 AM, Andy wrote: AS> Pete, AS> - okay, I ran the STOP command - it never ended AS> - the "persistent" command window never ended AS> - I finally stopped the SERVICE and the "stop" command ended AS> - I finally CLOSED the command window to flush the persistent task AS> Then I saw a whole bunch of sniffer tasks launch in the task window AS> - so I assume it was no longer running in persistent mode. After AS> watching this for 2 minutes, I restarted the server. Ok. AS> Now I tried against AS> mylicense.exe rotate AS> from the command line. AS> - It DOES return, I see no error message. AS> - It creates an EMPTY mylicense.ROTATE file !? That is a signal to the Persistent instance. Under normal conditions the persistent server will see this file, delete it, and process the command it represents. When the issuing instance sees the file dissapear - or times out - then it returns. AS> - It does NOT rename the active log and continues to use it. This means that the Persistent instance did not recognize or process the command. When you issued the command it returned after 30 seconds or so simply because it had finished waiting - there is a time-out. What version operating system are you using? What does your licenseid.persistent.stat file contain? If you run your sniffer exe from the command line with no parameters what is the build information? Thanks, _M This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html