From: Chuck Murcko <chuck@n2k.com>
Message-Id: <199612091651.LAA24707@spudboy.telebase.com>
Subject: Re: alternative log rotation program
To: new-httpd@hyperreal.com
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 11:51:10 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199612091310.OAA07035@icarus.demon.co.uk> from "Andrew Ford" at
 Dec 9, 96 02:10:01 pm
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Yes. Currently we use a simple mutation of Ben's program, wrapped in a script
and fired by cron. We like to rotate as close to midnight as possible.

Andrew Ford liltingly intones:
> 
> I noticed a problem with the log file rotation program I sent on
> Friday.  The problem shows up if there are periods of log file
> inactivity -- messages get written to log files named with the wrong
> date.  I am enclosing an updated, fixed version of the program.
> 
> Is anyone (apart from me) actually interested in this program?
> 
chuck
Chuck Murcko	N2K Inc.	Wayne PA	chuck@telebase.com
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