[netflow-tools] logrotation

[memic]

ah, ok, somehow i have read over this, thx for poiting out.

my rotation script now looks like this:

#!/bin/bash
PID=`pgrep -f "flowd: monitor"`
/bin/echo $PID
DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
/bin/mv /var/log/flow/flowd.bin /var/log/flow/$DATE-flow.bin
/bin/kill -SIGUSR1 $PID

are you sure no flows can get lost this way?

Gijs Molenaar wrote:
> memic wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> i was wondering whats the best solution to rotate the flowd logfiles, 
>> im doing it atm
>> with a very simple bash script:
>>
>> # cat /usr/local/bin/flowd-logrotate.sh
>> #!/bin/bash
>> PID=`pgrep -f "flowd: monitor"`
>> /bin/echo $PID
>> DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
>> /bin/mv /var/log/flow/flowd.bin /var/log/flow/$DATE-flow.bin
>> /bin/kill -HUP $PID
>>
>> with a cron like that:
>>
>> 0 0 * * * /usr/local/bin/flowd-logrotate.sh
>>   
>
>
> In the man page (flowd.8) you can find this:
>     flowd may be terminated by sending it a SIGTERM signal.  Upon 
> receipt of a SIGUSR1 flowd will close and reopen its logfile.  This is 
> useful for
>     rotating logs.  When flowd receives a SIGHUP it will re-read its 
> configuration and re-open its logfile.  Some basic runtime statistics 
> will be
>     logged when flowd is signalled with SIGUSR2 or SIGINFO.
>
> Sending the HUP signal will work, but maybe some flows are lost (not 
> sure). The best thing is to replace HUP with SIGUSR1.
>
>
> gr,
>
> gijs
>
>