Re: How to rotate/truncate log files?

>
> Peter Olsson <pol@leissner.se> writes:
> >
> > I can't find anything about this in the faq. What is the best way
> > to truncate the logs to zero size without disturbing operation
> > of squid?
>
> Rename the logs and then kill -USR1 `cat cached.pid`.
>
> /assar

I had a little script that runs via cron each day:

        #!/usr/local/bin/bash
        
        PATH=/:/usr/bin
        export PATH
        
        kill -SIGUSR1 'cat /web/cache/squid/squid.pid'

and have the following in squid.conf

        # TAG: logfile_rotate #
        # Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make upon receiving
        # a USR1 signal. The default is 10, which will rotate with
        # extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
        # disable the rotation, but the logfiles are still closed and
        # re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles yourself
        # just before sending a USR1 signal to the cached process.
        #
        #logfile_rotate 10

and:

        # TAG: pid_filename
        # A pathname to write the process-id to. There is no default.
        #
        pid_filename /web/cache/squid/squid.pid

John

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