In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are a few things that could be modified to facilitate spinning > down the disk. Syslogd is compulsive about writing information to the > disk right away just in case the system crashes. It could be given an > option to buffer.
I think it would be best if this option is implemented as a priority level at which syslogd would sync, for example `crit'. Messages logged at lower levels would be unlikely to be followed by a crash. -- Shields, CrossLink. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]