[Dnsmasq-discuss] Where does the complete dump go?

[Paul Chambers]

Added. Thanks for the warning. -- Paul

Simon Kelley wrote:
> Paul Chambers wrote:
>>
>> [root at home logrotate.d]# cat /etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq
>> /var/log/dnsmasq.log {
>>         daily
>>         # missingok
>>         rotate 7
>>         compress
>>         delaycompress
>>         notifempty
>>         postrotate
>>           /usr/bin/kill -s SIGUSR2 `cat /var/run/dnsmasq.pid`
>>         endscript
>> }
>>
>
> You should probably have delaycompress in there: Under some 
> circumstances when it closes and re-opens the log files, dnsmasq can 
> keep the old file open and continue to write to it for a couple of 
> minutes.
>
> (The exact cicumstance is when a TCP DNS connection is open, the 
> process which is forked to handle the connection won't close and 
> reopen. Such processes have strictly limited lifetime.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon.