[cod] Log file rotation

[Daniel M. Temme]

On Tuesday 27 January 2004 22:32, Boco wrote:
> Would it be possible to copy the file to another directory, then erase
> the contents of the file?  Could that make it work?

If you use logrotate (i think its now installed by default on Debian systems 
and likely RH too but YMMV) the directive 'copytruncate' pretty much does 
exactly what you want. Check the man-page on how to configure it. A sample 
config might look like this:

/home/cod/games_mp.log {
           rotate 5
           daily
           copytruncate
           compress
}

But I don't think that is meant to be done hourly. 

Have a nice day
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Daniel M. Temme
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