[ale] Apache log files

[Mike Fletcher]

>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Heaven <rheaven at bellsouth.net> writes:

    Robert> The unfortunate thing about Apache is that it sets up it's
    Robert> logging during initialization to send it's logs to an
    Robert> inode. The only way I've ever found to archive Apache logs
    Robert> is to kill and restart it with a cron job.

        Well, it has a still open filehandle for the file you
renamed (not an inode).  But yes, the only way to get it to change to
a different file is to send it a SIGHUP.  That's just the way it
works.

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