[Privoxy-users] Build-in support for log file rotation on Windows

[Andrew J. Caines]

ZzZombo,

> Unfortunately, Privoxy locks the file while it's active, meaning no
> other program may operate on the file

Please show this happening and basic details of the platform.

> and turning it off, rotating, and then on can't be done for obvious
> reasons.

While that should not be necessary in this case, what are the obvious
reasons? Performing actions before and after rotation is a common
feature of log rotation tools.

For single log files used by processes which don't (re)create it, the
easy approach is copy and truncate. This should be an option in the
platform's log rotation. See e.g. copytruncate in logrotate(8).


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