Re: Log rotation and logrotate

Hi Marc,

> the FAQ says "the correct way to rotate logs is using squid -k
> rotate". My squid isn't that busy, so I don't need to rotate logs on a
> time based schedule. I'd like to use logrotate to have the logs
> rotated when they exceed a certain size.
>
> I'd like to know why using squid -k rotate is the "correct" way, and
> if there is any chance to tell a running squid that somebody else has
> taken care of rotating the logs and to tell that squid to start using
> new log files.

As the comments in squid.conf say, if you set the number of log files to
zero, the "squid -k rotate" command causes Squid to close and re-open
its log files. This is what you want.

Cheers,

                        -- Bert

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