On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, TERMIS wrote: > Greetings. > > This is a bit tangential, but I hope someone may still want to and be able > to help me. > > My ISP "empties out" my access log file at irregular intervals (without > notifying me beforehand) so I never can catch them and download it just > before they do so, with the result that I'm left with gaps in my access > data. > > I asked them to do something about it and they said that they may implement > a utility that will permit me to "zero out" the log file at my leisure, but > they don't know if or when this will happen. > > They do not give me permission to use the "echo> access_log" command in > telnet to empty the log file, for security reasons, or so they said. > > My question to you: is there a way to use either my ftp program or telnet > itself to get around this? I was thinking that maybe I can change the name > of the log file (say, to "access_logx") and immediately create another > "access_log" file. Would this work? Or is there something intrinsic in these > types of files that would create havoc for me if I did this? > It wouldn't work anyway. The server would keep writing to the old file, even though its name had changed, until you restarted the server. -- Stephen Turner http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/ Statistical Laboratory, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WB, England "Your account can only be used for a single internet session at any one time and for no more than 24 hours in any one day." (NTL terms of use) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the main BODY OF THE MESSAGE. List archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
