RE: Access log behavior

2009-03-18 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] > Subject: Re: Access log behavior > > how is that space reclaimed when the application finally > closes the file ? Is that automatic, or does one need > to run an fsck or the like to really reclaim that space ? It'

Re: Access log behavior

2009-03-18 Thread André Warnier
Caldarale, Charles R wrote: Although the paths to the files are no longer accessible, the disk space they're consuming won't go away until you do the restart. While this is a bit [OT] probably, how does that work ? I mean, if the directory entry is deleted, but the original application keeps

RE: Access log behavior

2009-03-18 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Jonathan Mast [mailto:jhmast.develo...@gmail.com] > Subject: Access log behavior > > I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what happens when an > active (ie. today's) access log file is deleted? There's not really any such thing as "delete" in Linu

Re: Access log behavior

2009-03-18 Thread André Warnier
Jonathan Mast wrote: We're using the AccessLogValve extensively and I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what happens when an active (ie. today's) access log file is deleted? Will Tomcat handle this gracefully or go bonkers? Well, did you try ? does it, like, go bonkers ? In a general sense, I

Access log behavior

2009-03-18 Thread Jonathan Mast
We're using the AccessLogValve extensively and I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what happens when an active (ie. today's) access log file is deleted? Will Tomcat handle this gracefully or go bonkers? I occasionally delete some log files that are active but are unimportant, when that happens i