=========================================================================== $NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.1 2010/01/23 16:33:23 joerg Exp $ Consider adding something like following lines to /etc/newsyslog.conf: ${NGINX_LOGDIR}/access.log 640 7 * * BZ ${NGINX_PIDDIR}/nginx.pid SIGUSR1 ${NGINX_LOGDIR}/error.log 640 7 * * BZ ${NGINX_PIDDIR}/nginx.pid SIGUSR1 ===========================================================================