open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/682

I have sbbs running with systemd on debian
use rsyslog with the following config (according to rsyslog.d/sbbslog.conf) to generate /var/log/sbbs.log

```
local3.* /var/log/sbbs.log
```

I also have a setup the rotate:

```
/var/log/sbbs.log {
weekly
maxsize 1G
missingok
rotate 10
notifempty
create 640 root adm
maxage 90
}
```

The rotation works ok, but sbbs keeps writing the previous file


What is the best way to add a postrotate to tell the sbbs process to reopen the log files via systemd reload / kill etc ?


```
...
sharedscripts
postrotate
systemctl restart sbbs > /dev/null
endscript
....
```
Is it possible for this to happen without restarting the bbs?
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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/682#note_4550

This sounds like a n rsyslog configuration problem, not an sbbs problem: https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/3952

That said, I would like to know the solution and update or wiki examples, instructions, and maybe the install/rsyslog.d/sbbslog.conf file.

So let me know what you discover.
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https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/682#note_4558

Oh! how interesting, I usually haven't had problems with rsyslog. I'm in debian11, I'm going to check it out and if I find something I'm going to share it of course.
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