Re: [squid-users] squid log rotate

Doesn't it also restart any helper apps like the dns helpers and
authenticators?
What about changes to the squid.conf file? Are they picked up when the
rotate is done?

Duane Wessels wrote:
>
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, DC wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the mail.
> > I want to know what exactly squid -k rotate does.
> > Does it just delete/archive access.log and make a new
> > one?
> > I want calamaris r any other program to act only on
> > today's logs.
> > How can it be done?
>
> The correct way to maintain your log files is with Squid's ``rotate''
> feature. You should rotate your log files at least once per day. The
> current log files are closed and then renamed with numeric extensions
> (.0, .1, etc). If you want to, you can write your own scripts to
> archive or remove the old log files. If not, Squid will only keep up
> to logfile_rotate versions of each log file. The logfile rotation
> procedure also writes a clean swap.state file, but it does not leave
> numbered versions of the old files.
>
> To rotate Squid's logs, simple use this command:
>
> squid -k rotate
>
> For example, use this cron entry to rotate the logs at midnight:
>
> 0 0 * * * /usr/local/squid/bin/squid -k rotate

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