Am 16.01.2012 21:38, schrieb Niels Dettenbach (Syndicat IT&Internet): >> logfile_archive="/home/xy/darkice-xy-$(date +'%y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S').log" > This is not typical for logging under unix as such things usually are done by > newsyslog or logrotate - on a opeating system or distribution level. yes, I agree and I also rather use logrotate. But how can I "separate" the error-messages, to stop/ start darkice on the right time? Regards, Jörg