-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Walt Pawley wrote:
> I've had no difficulties with the change made on my Mac OS X > Jaguar system - if it affects something, the something is > something I apparently don't do. So, all that preamble brings > me to my question. Are there things that modifying the archived > log data file names would interfere with? There shouldn't be -- the archived log files are only there for reference. Any live logging action should go to the base (unnumbered) log file. However, it is possible to get into a state where a program is logging to a file that has no directory entry -- the symptoms there tend to be /var filling up according to df(1) but with plenty of space left according to du(1). That happens when the process doing the logging does not get signalled to close and reopen the log file - -- newsyslog will signal processes for you, but it defaults to signalling syslogd in the absence of any other instructions. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHf2Yt8Mjk52CukIwRCLfoAJ91oGyEKOsXtgwdBq8RoOyfx8+f4gCgiQQA cAQWIYASzkgVf0MZRJoAnV8= =QYkv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"