From da4a5e1fb3c3ad05827b0267f6bf8d963a71f625 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Craig-Wood <nick@craig-wood.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:30:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: note that copytruncate is needed for --log-file with
 logrotate #2259

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 docs/content/docs.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/content/docs.md b/docs/content/docs.md
index d14893d7e..27c96a700 100644
--- a/docs/content/docs.md
+++ b/docs/content/docs.md
@@ -476,6 +476,10 @@ This can be useful for tracking down problems with syncs in
 combination with the `-v` flag.  See the [Logging section](#logging)
 for more info.
 
+Note that if you are using the `logrotate` program to manage rclone's
+logs, then you should use the `copytruncate` option as rclone doesn't
+have a signal to rotate logs.
+
 ### --log-level LEVEL ###
 
 This sets the log level for rclone.  The default log level is `NOTICE`.