On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> Under these conditions yes. You can just about imagine a case where
> the last write to a log file happens > 24 hours after it starts on
> that message, and I currently mv a logfile one day, and then compress
> it the next (ie the good old smail log file script method).
I suspect it's not easy to detect the conditions. The problem is that
ideally you want to close the log file *before* a long remote
delivery.
Perhaps I should just close the log file after each remote delivery and
be done with it. OK?
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