Re: monit logfile and logrotate

[Eric Pailleau]

Le 20/07/2011 14:41, Martin Pala a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> you need to do "monit reload" in the logrotate's postrotate section to open the 
> new logfile, otherwise it continues to write to the same file.
That is right.
Logging uses inodes, not filenames. So creating a new file with old name 
creates a new inode, but
logging still go to same inode : the old file with a new name ...


> Regards,
> Martin
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Nick Upson wrote:
>
> > I currently have a logrotate config for the monit logfile that just does a 
> > copytruncate, but it seems to only do the copy, the logfile continues to grow.
> >
> > Using 5.2.5-1, does anyone have a working logrotate config they can share?
> >
> >
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