From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Nov 25 18:34:26 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF3BE16A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:34:26 -0800 (PST)
Received: from stratus.mercurycloud.net (stratus.mercurycloud.net
	[64.246.167.156])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CBBB43F93
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:34:26 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from lists-wp@mercurycloud.net)
Received: from [192.168.0.103] (dsl254-030-205.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net
	[216.254.30.205])	(using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits))
	(No client certificate requested)
	by stratus.mercurycloud.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BFFD40
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:34:00 -0800 (PST)
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606)
In-Reply-To: <20031125122625.0cb58be0.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
References: <3B75ECFD-1DE6-11D8-A141-000A95DBBE34@mercurycloud.net>
	<bpts4o$f5s$1@sea.gmane.org>
	<58BF3BE2-1ED0-11D8-B5C4-000A95DBBE34@mercurycloud.net>
	<bpu2gq$kci$1@sea.gmane.org>
	<BD5C1870-1F80-11D8-B5C4-000A95DBBE34@mercurycloud.net>
	<20031125122625.0cb58be0.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Message-Id: <0D602E06-1FB9-11D8-B5C4-000A95DBBE34@mercurycloud.net>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
From: Will Prater <lists-wp@mercurycloud.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:34:26 -0800
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606)
Subject: Re: daemon monitoring
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:34:27 -0000


On Nov 25, 2003, at 12:26 PM, Chris Pressey wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:51:20 -0800
> Will Prater <lists-wp@mercurycloud.net> wrote:
>
>> Also does one only need to create a log directory if the application
>> itself does not log? Or is this to log other information, I cant seem
>> to find an answer to this on DJB site.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --will
>
> I'm pretty sure that if the application manages log files for itself,
> you don't need a log subdir.  That's only useful for when you want to
> log (or otherwise intercept) the application's stdout/stderr/etc 
> output.

This makes sense. Thanks