Running a log analyzer from /etc/cron.daily/apache
Hi,
As the subject suggests, I'm curious about running my logfile analyzer
directly after the logfiles are rotated. It appears that I do this by
defining the variable APACHE_POST_SCRIPT in /etc/apache.cron.conf
HOWEVER:
Running the analyzer can take a long time! I use logresolve, then the
analyzer itself. Sometimes logresolve is slower than hell.
So, my question is this: if I use an ampersand when I fire off the
analyzer script (ie. `$APACHE_POST_SCRIPT &'), will that allow execution
of the other scripts in /etc/cron.daily to continue as usual? i don't
want the other scripts to have to wait for the logresolve and the
analyzer to finish.
I know this is a basic question, but I can't find my Bash book and my
brain is way overloaded today :/
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