From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 3 14:48:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B34F71065679 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:48:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EE088FC08 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 14:48:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mA3Em2nB093805; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:48:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id mA3Em2Ow024387 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:48:02 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200811031448.mA3Em2Ow024387@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:48:08 -0500 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 64.7.153.18 Subject: fifo log problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:48:08 -0000 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 ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike