From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Scott Wiersdorf <scott@perlcode.org>
Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
matt@bluehost.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25-4] getdelays.c: signal handling for log rotation
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:59:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d4muu0k2.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080605194334.GA56830@perlcode.org> (Scott Wiersdorf's message of "Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:43:35 -0600")
Scott Wiersdorf <scott@perlcode.org> writes:
> This adds a USR1 signal handler to getdelays.c, which causes getdelays
> to close its logfile and reopen it (if '-w logfile' is
> specified). This is useful in situations when getdelays is running for
> a long time (i.e, the log file growing) and you need to rotate the
> logs but don't want to lose any log data.
You could do the same by sending SIGSTOP; copy file; truncate file; SIGCONT
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-06 13:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-05 19:43 [PATCH 2.6.25-4] getdelays.c: signal handling for log rotation Scott Wiersdorf
2008-06-06 3:46 ` Balbir Singh
2008-06-06 20:40 ` Scott Wiersdorf
2008-06-06 13:59 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2008-06-06 20:42 ` Scott Wiersdorf
2008-06-07 1:10 ` Andi Kleen
2008-06-06 20:47 ` Scott Wiersdorf
2008-06-07 1:13 ` Andi Kleen
2008-06-09 14:20 ` Scott Wiersdorf
2008-06-09 14:42 ` Balbir Singh
2008-06-30 19:52 ` Andrew Morton
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