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




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