>> How about a configed variable max_log_open, and have the log proc do a
>> if (time() > log_expire_time)
>> then attempt re-open
>> log_expire_time = time() + max_log_open
>> before each write ?
> Could do, but it doesn't really do what you want.
Why not ?
> If it takes several hours to deliver to one address (which is plausible)
"Plauseible" ??
> then the log would remain open all that time if it had already been opened
> for a previous address.
yes -- not a problem.
My concern is not having it *open*, my concern is having it *written to* after
the file has been "mv"ed / processed / deleted.
A simple stat() would show that the inode number of the file hasn't changed.
