[rsyslog] how to best rotate files

[david at lang.hm]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008, Rainer Gerhards wrote:

> 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 ;)

ok, I've never run vagrind, let me see what I can find.

David Lang