[mythtv-users] Re: mythbackend logrotate problem

[Stefan Frank]

Hi,


"Joel Anderson" <myth at jobless.ca> writes:

> Hi all.  I just noticed that the backend log file isn't recreated after it's
> rotated out.  I recreated it manually, but I had to restart the backend to
> get any messages to appear.  I'm running 0.15 on FC1, everything updated
> recently via atrpms.
>
> Anyone else seeing this?  Any ideas on how to fix it?  I want to rotate the
> log more frequently, but not if I have to restart the backend every time!
> :)
>

use these options:

/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log {
        weekly
        rotate 4
        copy
        copytruncate
        compress
        notifempty
}

Bye, Stefan

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