From 34f7b38b50d283cfd62a147a931c6da75faa1310 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timo Sirainen Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:11:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] man: Clarify how doveadm log reopen works --- doc/man/doveadm-log.1.in | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man/doveadm-log.1.in b/doc/man/doveadm-log.1.in index 9c7dead033..6662d7ddde 100644 --- a/doc/man/doveadm-log.1.in +++ b/doc/man/doveadm-log.1.in @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ where your syslogd writes its log files. .PP This command causes .B doveadm -to reopen all log files, configured in the +to send a SIGUSR1 signal to master process, which causes it to +reopen all log files configured in the .IR log_path , .I info_log_path and @@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ settings. These settings are configured in .IR @pkgsysconfdir@/conf.d/10\-logging.conf . .br -This is for example useful after manually rotating the log files. +The master process also signals the log process to do the same. +This is mainly useful after manually rotating the log files. .\"------------------------------------- .SS log test .B doveadm log test -- 2.47.3