Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-apache-bugdb-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 82131 invoked by uid 500); 31 Oct 2000 19:30:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact apache-bugdb-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: apache-bugdb@apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list apache-bugdb@apache.org Received: (qmail 82116 invoked by uid 501); 31 Oct 2000 19:30:30 -0000 Date: 31 Oct 2000 19:30:30 -0000 Message-ID: <20001031193030.82113.qmail@locus.apache.org> To: apache-bugdb@apache.org, fanf@apache.org, ralph@inputplus.demon.co.uk From: fanf@apache.org Subject: Re: documentation/6767: Affect of HUP on Child Processes Not Documented. [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, you need] [to include in the Cc line and make sure the] [subject line starts with the report component and number, with ] [or without any 'Re:' prefixes (such as "general/1098:" or ] ["Re: general/1098:"). If the subject doesn't match this ] [pattern, your message will be misfiled and ignored. The ] ["apbugs" address is not added to the Cc line of messages from ] [the database automatically because of the potential for mail ] [loops. If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request from a ] [developer. Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ] Synopsis: Affect of HUP on Child Processes Not Documented. State-Changed-From-To: open-closed State-Changed-By: fanf State-Changed-When: Tue Oct 31 11:30:26 PST 2000 State-Changed-Why: Apache forwards restart signals (HUP and USR1) to its process group, so doing a `killall -HUP httpd` is reasonably harmless. However, this is an unsupported implementation detail and therefore subject to change -- it's completely different in 2.0. You should not rely on it to work. If you want to rotate the logs of apache-1.3 the best way is to `kill -USR1` the parent process.