Closes fd for log files on `kill -HUP`. Fixes #230

NEWS.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 Announcements:
  - Upgrades windshaft to 0.32.0
 
+Bugfixes:
+ - Closes fd for log files on `kill -HUP` (#230)
+
 
 1.21.0 -- 2014-10-24
 --------------------

app.js

@@ -116,8 +116,11 @@ process.on('SIGUSR2', function() {
 });
 
 process.on('SIGHUP', function() {
-  log4js.configure(log4js_config);
-  console.log('Log files reloaded');
+    global.log4js.clearAndShutdownAppenders(function() {
+        global.log4js.configure(log4js_config);
+        global.logger = log4js.getLogger();
+        console.log('Log files reloaded');
+    });
 });
 
 process.on('uncaughtException', function(err) {

package.json

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "cartodb-psql": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-cartodb-psql/tarball/0.4.0",
         "redis-mpool": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-redis-mpool/tarball/0.3.0",
         "lzma": "~1.3.7",
-        "log4js": "~0.6.17",
+        "log4js": "https://github.com/CartoDB/log4js-node/tarball/cdb",
         "rollbar": "~0.3.13"
     },
     "devDependencies": {