Squid configuration manual

Reference manual for squid's configuraiton directives

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Option Name:

logfile_rotate

Suggested Config:


Details:

Specifies the default number of logfile rotations to make when you
type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
yourself just before sending the rotate signal.

Note, from Squid-3.1 this option is only a default for cache.log,
that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options.

Note, from Squid-4 this option is only a default for access.log
recorded by stdio: module. Those logs can be rotated separately by
using the rotate=N option on their access_log directive.

Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
signal to the running squid process.  In certain situations
(e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal.  It is best to get
in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
<pid>'.
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