From: Sebastian Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 13:53:12 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: collectd.conf(5): Added a note about rotating log files.
X-Git-Tag: collectd-4.6.0~62
X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=48b39b10a2a299be59f8b06c6817a37e273906a9;p=collectd.git

collectd.conf(5): Added a note about rotating log files.

References: #39
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diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index d6b5e8be..bb23015a 100644
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -1109,6 +1109,10 @@ Prefix all lines printed by the current time. Defaults to B<true>.
 
 =back
 
+B<Note>: There is no need to notify the daemon after moving or removing the
+log file (e.E<nbsp>g. when rotating the logs). The plugin reopens the file
+for each line it writes.
+
 =head2 Plugin C<mbmon>
 
 The C<mbmon plugin> uses mbmon to retrieve temperature, voltage, etc.