Index: main/logger.c
===================================================================
--- main/logger.c	(revision 277774)
+++ main/logger.c	(working copy)
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 	return chan;
 }
 
-static void init_logger_chain(int locked)
+static void init_logger_chain(int locked, const char *altconf)
 {
 	struct logchannel *chan;
 	struct ast_config *cfg;
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 	const char *s;
 	struct ast_flags config_flags = { 0 };
 
-	if (!(cfg = ast_config_load2("logger.conf", "logger", config_flags)) || cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEINVALID)
+	if (!(cfg = ast_config_load2(S_OR(altconf, "logger.conf"), "logger", config_flags)) || cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEINVALID)
 		return;
 
 	/* delete our list of log channels */
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int reload_logger(int rotate)
+static int reload_logger(int rotate, const char *altconf)
 {
 	char old[PATH_MAX] = "";
 	int queue_rotate = rotate;
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
 
 	filesize_reload_needed = 0;
 
-	init_logger_chain(1 /* locked */);
+	init_logger_chain(1 /* locked */, altconf);
 
 	if (logfiles.queue_log) {
 		snprintf(old, sizeof(old), "%s/%s", ast_config_AST_LOG_DIR, queue_log_name);
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
 	a full Asterisk reload) */
 int logger_reload(void)
 {
-	if(reload_logger(0))
+	if (reload_logger(0, NULL))
 		return RESULT_FAILURE;
 	return RESULT_SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -628,14 +628,14 @@
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case CLI_INIT:
 		e->command = "logger reload";
-		e->usage = 
-			"Usage: logger reload\n"
+		e->usage =
+			"Usage: logger reload [<alt-conf>]\n"
 			"       Reloads the logger subsystem state.  Use after restarting syslogd(8) if you are using syslog logging.\n";
 		return NULL;
 	case CLI_GENERATE:
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (reload_logger(0)) {
+	if (reload_logger(0, argc == 3 ? argv[2] : NULL)) {
 		ast_cli(a->fd, "Failed to reload the logger\n");
 		return CLI_FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
 	case CLI_GENERATE:
 		return NULL;	
 	}
-	if (reload_logger(1)) {
+	if (reload_logger(1, NULL)) {
 		ast_cli(a->fd, "Failed to reload the logger and rotate log files\n");
 		return CLI_FAILURE;
 	} 
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@
 
 	/* If we need to reload because of the file size, then do so */
 	if (filesize_reload_needed) {
-		reload_logger(-1);
+		reload_logger(-1, NULL);
 		ast_verb(1, "Rotated Logs Per SIGXFSZ (Exceeded file size limit)\n");
 	}
 
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@
 	ast_mkdir(ast_config_AST_LOG_DIR, 0777);
   
 	/* create log channels */
-	init_logger_chain(0 /* locked */);
+	init_logger_chain(0 /* locked */, NULL);
 
 	if (logfiles.queue_log) {
 		snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s/%s", ast_config_AST_LOG_DIR, queue_log_name);