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authorRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2008-10-16 14:30:56 +0200
committerRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2008-10-16 14:30:56 +0200
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clarified cost and effect of SIGHUPv3.19.12
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diff --git a/tools/rsyslogd.8 b/tools/rsyslogd.8
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@@ -223,6 +223,14 @@ configuration file (default is
will be reread and the
.BR rsyslog (3)
facility is started again.
+Note that this means a full rsyslogd restart is done. This has, among others,
+the consequence that TCP and other connections are torn down. Also, if any
+queues are not running in disk assisted mode or are not set to persist data
+on shutdown, queue data is lost. HUPing rsyslogd is an extremely expensive
+operation and should only be done when actually necessary. Actually, it is
+a rsyslgod stop immediately followed by a restart. Future versions will probably
+include a special handling which only closes files, but will not cause any
+of the other effects.
.TP
.B TERM ", " INT ", " QUIT
.B Rsyslogd