os-windows/7198: Rotatelogs on NT yeilds an error when ran as a service.

[Ali Goins <al...@hotmail.com>]

>Number:         7198
>Category:       os-windows
>Synopsis:       Rotatelogs on NT yeilds an error when ran as a service.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 05 12:30:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     aligoins@hotmail.com
>Release:        1.3.17
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
This error occured on Windows NT Server with Service Patch 6a.  The compiler
used was Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0.
>Description:
When Apache on NT is started as a service with Rotatelogs enabled, the specified file rotates however the following message appears in the error.log:
        [error] (9) Bad file descriptor: dup2(stdin)  failed

This error doesn't occur when running apache from the command line.

>How-To-Repeat:
Add the rotate logs directive in the http.conf file
    TransferLog "| rotatelogs.exe logs/access.log 60"
The error can be found in the error.log upon restart.
>Fix:

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