Doesn't it also restart any helper apps like the dns helpers and
authenticators?
What about changes to the squid.conf file? Are they picked up when the
rotate is done?
Duane Wessels wrote:
>
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, DC wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the mail.
> > I want to know what exactly squid -k rotate does.
> > Does it just delete/archive access.log and make a new
> > one?
> > I want calamaris r any other program to act only on
> > today's logs.
> > How can it be done?
>
> The correct way to maintain your log files is with Squid's ``rotate''
> feature. You should rotate your log files at least once per day. The
> current log files are closed and then renamed with numeric extensions
> (.0, .1, etc). If you want to, you can write your own scripts to
> archive or remove the old log files. If not, Squid will only keep up
> to logfile_rotate versions of each log file. The logfile rotation
> procedure also writes a clean swap.state file, but it does not leave
> numbered versions of the old files.
>
> To rotate Squid's logs, simple use this command:
>
> squid -k rotate
>
> For example, use this cron entry to rotate the logs at midnight:
>
> 0 0 * * * /usr/local/squid/bin/squid -k rotate
-- Jim Richey jrichey@highmark.com Highmark, Inc. http://www.highmark.comReceived on Fri Feb 01 2002 - 09:44:38 MST
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