Dave Mielke (2022/01/11 06:26 -0500):
> [quoted lines by Sébastien Hinderer on 2022/01/11 at 09:47 +0100]
> 
> >If the name of the log-file is specified in brltty.ocnf as has been
> >suggested, am I guessing correctly that if several instances of brltty
> >are run, then the last one will overwrite that log file?
> 
> Yes, exactly!
> 
> >To avoid this, perhaps the PID of the process could be included in the
> >name somehow, like through a %p formatter that would be replaced by the
> >pid?
> 
> Yes, I've started thinking about just such a mechanism. Perhaps it
> should include the PID, to ensure uniqueness, but I'm thinking that a
> date-time component would make the right one easier to find.

I'd just try to add %p for the pid and %d for the date, %t for the time,
so that the choice can be made by the user.

Sébastien.
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