[rsyslog] how to best rotate files

[Rainer Gerhards]

On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 00:26 -0700, david at lang.hm wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008, Rainer Gerhards wrote:
> 
> > I agree, it doesn't make any sense. It may be worth trying to run
> > rsyslog with runtime instrumentation turned on in debug mode. That will
> > generate tons of debug output and it will make things awfully slow, but
> > at least we may be able to get some information out of it.
> 
> do I need to recompile it, or is it a config/command line option?

you need to compile it, but let's do the valgrind test first (less
effort required).
> 
> > ... well... one thing: could you run an unmodified version of WinSyslog
> > under valgrind and let me know if there are any valgrind exceptions
> > before it hangs? This, too, will make it very slow, but I guess/hope
> > that doesn't affect the outcome.
> 
> I'm running on linux machines, so I don't know if WinSyslog can be made to 
> work. I would need to be pointed at the source.

lol - that happens if you have two conversations open at one time ;) Actually, I meant rsyslog. Forget about the WinSyslog part ;)

Rainer