Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:47:39 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fifo log problem Message-ID: <200811031547.mA3FlVVs024666@lava.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <43295.1225726136@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <Your message of "Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:48:08 EST." <200811031448.mA3Em2Ow024387@lava.sentex.ca> <43295.1225726136@critter.freebsd.dk>
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At 10:28 AM 11/3/2008, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>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 ?
Hi,
Seems to work fine with cat
*.* /var/log/all.log
*.* | /usr/sbin/fifolog_writer /var/log/all.fifo
*.* | cat > /var/log/all.cat
---Mike
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