[Zope] Z2.log grows and Gzip question

[Paolo Dina]

Dieter Maurer wrote:

> When you sent a Zope process a "SIGUSR2" signal, it closes and
> reopens all its log files.
> 
> You can use this for log rotation. E.g.
> 
>     mv Z2.log Z2.log.save
>     kill -SIGUSR2 $(cat var/Z2.pid) # this will close the old log file and open a new one

Great solution :)

Only one precisation: that method does not work on Zope 2.5.1, in 
which case, the log is recreated, but Zope doesn't restart automatically.
All is ok with version 2.6.1.

> Now, you can compress "Z2.log.save" (or delete it).
> 

And then, for log rotation probably i will use logrotate utility.

Thankyou Dieter.

> Dieter
> 

Paolo