Jeff Newmiller wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
[ snip ] > > > After savelog rotates the logfile, $DAEMON is writing to logfile.0, > > > instead of logfile. Obviously, this is not acceptable ;< > > > > > > I assume that this has something to do with the original redirected > > > output keeping logfile open, even during the rename to logfile.0 > > > > Correct...the file-handle used to log the daemon's output doesn't "go > > bad" just because another process renamed the file. > > > > > is there a workaround? > > > > Yes...you have to get your process to close the log-file and re-open it > > (so it starts writing to logfile, rather than logfile.0). Since it > > sounds like you're doing the logging at the shell level, you'll probably > > just want to effectively do a "restart"...this can be handled using the > > savelog scripts by providing a command to execute after rotating the > > logs (ie: svi mydaemon restart). > > or just split the output and write it line-by-line... if you don't mind > the timestamping offered by syslogd, you can use something like > > # $DAEMON 2>&1 | streamlog > > ---streamlog--- > #!/bin/sh > # streamlog - splits a stream and logs each line of stdin with logger > > IFS='' > while read lin; do > logger -p local1.user "$lin" > done > --------------- Yes, this is my preferred solution -- thank you. Although, logger is not a good choice for this app, the message stream is pretty lean and re-starting the app at log rotation was far more distasteful For those wondering, this is a cleanup and enhancement to my ntpclnt.lrp that Charles wants to include in the next version of dcd. -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Two, two, TWO treats in one. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
