[ldm-users] 20080410: How to rotate pqact.log (cont.)

Hi Kevin,

Oops, I meant that the last to read:

cat /dev/null > pqcat.log

'cat' instead of 'cp'.

Sorry for the typo.

>>Hi Minaketan,
>>
>>re:
>>> I like to rotate pqact.log everyday midnight. However pqact keeps open
>>> pqact.log file descriptor.
>>>
>>> pqact -l logs/pqact.log
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>
>>If you only want to keep two pqact.log log files on disk, a simple
>>approach is to do the following:
>>
>><as 'ldm'>
>>cd ~ldm/logs
>>cp pqact.log pqact.log.1
>>cp /dev/null > pqact.log
>
>Make that last line:
>
>cp /dev/null pqact.log
>
>       Kevin W. Thomas
>       Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
>       University of Oklahoma
>       Norman, Oklahoma
>       Email:  kwthomas@xxxxxx

Cheers,

Tom
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