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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