-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Susan,
On 8/14/2009 11:37 AM, Susan Richards wrote: > If I had time to learn how logrotate works I wouldn't need to post > to the list and waste your time, but if you're going to reply to a > question, why answer only part of it? Logrotate's operation is not particularly relevant to your question: you just wanted to know if it was acceptable to truncate the file while Tomcat was still running. You'd need to know this whether you were using logrotate or some other mechanism (including doing it manually). > If you know the answer, why spend the time telling me to try it out? I'm trying to encourage posters to do their own work (especially if it's stupid simple to try it out), instead of always asking the list. This list isn't much fun if you're answering the same questions that are easily determined without asking the list. You could search the archives (http://tomcat.markmail.org/search/?q=truncate+catalina.out+list%3Aorg.apache.tomcat.users) or even Google (http://www.google.com/search?q=tomcat%20truncate%20catalina.out) to get decent information already available. Honestly, I'm not trying to be a jerk: I'm trying to teach you that you can get a faster answer by trying certain things yourself rather than posting to a list and waiting for responses. Especially responses from a jerk like me. At least Chuck didn't demand to know what version of Tomcat, JVM, and OS you are using. :) > I support many other applications and if you have time to explain how > logrotate works Two gentlemen, Erik Troan and Preston Brown, have labored to produce a perfectly good UNIX manual page that describes logrotate's configuration and operation in painstaking detail. I would recommend that you read that. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqFlogACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PA9BQCfcrQyjErOq9pjI9sVhhSvhQWX FEUAn2QuYwyZ0ERZVCqkrV1VyorZkdPt =Eymh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
