new log file every x minutes

[Jonathan Matthews]

On 4 December 2012 18:45, S Ahmed <sahmed1020 at gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I sent a USR1?  What is that for, it signals to nginx to start a new
> file?

I don't believe so, no. Check
http://wiki.nginx.org/CommandLine#Stopping_or_Restarting_Nginx
You'd have to move the log out from under nginx before sending it, I think.

I'd personally use logrotate with a specially SIGUSR1-related config
stanza if I had to do this, and wouldn't try and write the logic
myself.

Jonathan
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