Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:28:56 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fifo log problem Message-ID: <43295.1225726136@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:48:08 EST." <200811031448.mA3Em2Ow024387@lava.sentex.ca>
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In message <200811031448.mA3Em2Ow024387@lava.sentex.ca>, Mike Tancsa writes: >I have been taking a look at the fifolog(1) system in RELENG_7 and I >must be missing something obvious. I created a file using default params >e.g > >fifolog_create /var/log/all.fifo >and then in /etc/syslog.conf I have >*.* /var/log/all.log >*.* | /usr/sbin/fifolog_writer /var/log/all.fifo > >It seems to work for the most part, but there are entries that are >missing throughout the log > >e.g. in the traditional all.log I have ># wc all.log > 4833 55212 398099 all.log > >yet the fifo log file I have > ># fifolog_reader all.fifo | wc >>From 0 Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 >To 1225722724 Mon Nov 3 09:32:04 2008 >Read from 0 > 223 2783 23271 > >There does not seem to be any pattern as to what it discards / keeps Try using "cat" instead of fifolog_writer, so we can tell on which side of the pipe we are looking for the trouble ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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