# Nginx-error.log hardcoded?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-error-log-hardcoded/183962>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [February 23, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-error-log-hardcoded/183962 "2010-02-23T05:01:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-error-log-hardcoded/183962/1 "2010-02-23T05:01:25Z")

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I noticed despite having set error\_log /path/to/error.log, whenever I  
signal my nginx process either with “nginx -c /path/to/nginx.conf -s  
reload” or “kill -HUP \<pid\_of\_nginx\_master\>”, it writes log to error  
log file defined at compile time (in my system - freebsd - it’s at  
/var/log/nginx-error.log).

Is it not possible to change the path used?

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