Message-ID: <187c01c27c71$c1047a40$4101220a@csteinathlon> From: "Charles Steinkuehler" <charles@steinkuehler.net> Subject: Re: Syslog and/or logrotate problem Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:56:35 -0500
> >So run this from the command prompt and see if you get any errors:
> >#/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2>/dev/null`
>
> I got this error from command
> [root@ray log]# kill -HUP 'cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2>/dev/null'
> bash: kill: cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2>/dev/null: no such pid
Um...use back-ticks: ` (to the left of the #1 key)
not single quotes: ' (to the right of the semi-colon)
They have *VERY* different functions when interpreted by the shell :-)
Charles Steinkuehler
charles@steinkuehler.net