rotating the syslogd and messages files

Im about to install a sunfreeware program called logrotate which does exactly what it says on the tin....just a quick question ..if its going to rename messages to messages.0 etc do I need to issue a HUP to syslogd after doing this or will the new messages file get created automatically

cheers

You should already have /usr/lib/newsyslog which does this. And yes, you need to HUP the syslogd process.

on sol9 and sol10 "logadm" does the rotation of logfiles....