On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, John Sloan wrote:
> I note that exicyclog doesn't compress the first rotated copy of the
> logfile, so using it, it doesn't matter too much if the logfile is closed
> promptly. However if I want to rotate and compress immediately, I need
> to ensure that the file is no longer being written to.
If you search doc/spec.txt for "exicyclog", the second paragraph you find
will answer your question.
[I am trying to train people to grep spec.txt, to cut down the volume on
this list.]
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