Re: rotatelog on win32

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allan juul wrote:

> hello
>
> i have run into a strange problem on windows mod_perl2 RC6 using 
> rotaleog.exe
>
> i have this in httpd.conf
>
> CustomLog "|D:/rotatelogs.exe \
> d:/logs/apache2/http/apache.%Y-%m-%d-%H_%M_%S 86400" combined
>
>
>
> if i don't load mod_perl there are never a problem.
>
> if i load mod_perl, i can (sometimes) start apache *once* but never 
> restart without hand-killing the apache.exe and rotaleog.exe via 
> Windows TaskManager
>

i don't known you apache version, butin apache 2.052 change log, they say:


http://httpd.apache.org/dev/dist/httpd-2.0.52-rc1/CHANGES
Changes with Apache 2.0.51

*) Win32: apache -k start|restart|install|config can leave stranded

   piped logger processes (eg, rotatelogs.exe) due to improper
   server shutdown on these code paths.
   

maybe it's your problem ?

Arnaud.

> httpd.conf:
> LoadFile "C:/Perl/bin/perl58.dll"
> LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
>
>
> if i don't use rotation there are no starting problems
>
>
> anyone experiences and/or fixes for this behavior ?
> ./allan
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