Re: Log4perl log rotation in threadpool environment

[space_monk]

in reply to Log4perl log rotation in threadpool environment

Maybe you can:

1. copy the existing log file to a new name
   e.g. copy log_file to log_file.2012-11-16
2. truncate the log file
3. Optionally zip the archive file

That way the file handle for the log file doesn't change.

[rmahin]

Thanks! That was my original idea actually but wasnt aware I could erase (truncate was apparently the word I should have search on) the contents of the file with file handle open. Changed my obnoxious swapping code to

        copy($currFile, $logDir. $self->{old_logs_name}. '.1') or die 
+"Could not copy the log file because $!";
        my $fh = $self->{fh};
        truncate($fh, 0) or die "Could not truncate the log file becau
+se $!";
        seek($fh, 0, 0) or die "Could not set the position in the log 
+file because $!";

Thanks again!

[space_monk]

Another satisfied customer :-)