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diff --git a/docs/rabbitmqctl.pod b/docs/rabbitmqctl.pod index d7f453fbf0..eb1750d04c 100644 --- a/docs/rabbitmqctl.pod +++ b/docs/rabbitmqctl.pod @@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ force_reset reopen_logs [suffix] instruct the RabbitMQ node to close and reopen the log files. - When I<suffix> value is provided, the RabbitMQ broker will attempt - to rename the current log file to the file with appended suffix. - If file with the original name and suffix already exists, then - file renaming operation is aborted. + When the I<suffix> value is provided, the RabbitMQ broker will + attempt to append the current contents of the log file to the file + with name composed of the original name and the suffix. It will + create a new file if such a file does not already exist. This command might be helpful when you are e.g. writing your own logrotate script and you do not want to restart the RabbitMQ node. @@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ Grant user named foo access to the virtual host called test at the default Erlang node: rabbitmqctl map_user_vhost foo test + +Append current logs' content to the files with ".1" suffix and reopen +them: + + rabbitmqctl reopen_logs .1 =head1 SEE ALSO |