On Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 10:50:36 PM, Keith wrote: KJ> Pete, KJ> Thanks for the follow-up. I was monitoring the KJ> filename.persistent.stat file that yields stats as messages are KJ> processed. Is it normal for it to every now and then flash [File KJ> is Empty], thus no stats at all. Usually within a few seconds KJ> stats would appear again. Thanks again,
This usually means that you were reading the file just as it was being written. When the file is output it is opened with O_TRUNC to truncate the file so it can be replaced. If you read it at that moment you will see nothing so this is normal. Hope this helps, _M This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html