I think so. If you use the "copytruncate" option of logrotate, it will copy the current log to an archived log file and clear out the current log. I just confirmed that doing cat >> logfile will continue to append to logfile even after truncation.
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > WOW! Its THAT easy??? (okay, I say that now until I get into trying it!). > > Sorry, I'm a windows guy...make that "former windows guy". Windows does > NOT like other programs messing with files while they are in use. > > If I understand it, I can use cat to create the initial log file, while > logrotate will automatically empty the contents of that file into a new > file daily using the current date as the filename, and even email it, and > delete the old ones. > > SWEET! > > -Alan > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >
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