From 43d6a0ad8650e4df84ef5e35029e7fd265ba9666 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JoelKatz <DavidJoelSchwartz@GMail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:39:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Complete the log rotate even if we can't rename the existing
 log file.

---
 src/cpp/ripple/Log.cpp | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Log.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Log.cpp
index dfef66797d..5d3366a96a 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Log.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Log.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,15 @@ std::string Log::rotateLog(void)
   } while (boost::filesystem::exists(boost::filesystem::path(abs_new_path_str)));
 
   outStream->close();
-  boost::filesystem::rename(abs_path, boost::filesystem::path(abs_new_path_str));
+
+  try
+  {
+    boost::filesystem::rename(abs_path, boost::filesystem::path(abs_new_path_str));
+  }
+  catch (...)
+  {
+    // unable to rename existing log file
+  }
 
   setLogFile(*pathToLog);