> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Oct 10 19:32:53 2000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 19:01:23 -0600 (MDT)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: LPRng: Bounce Queue followup
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > > could critique my printcap. But in the course of this,
> > > I noticed a bunch of errors messages which seem to indicate
> > > bug to me. A number of times a temp file
> > >
> > > /var/spool/lpd/<queue name>/temp<random string>
> > >
> > > is tried to be renamed to /var/log/lp-errs. The reason
> > > for failure is permission denied. The file in fact already
> > > exists. To me, it makes sense to try and append messages
> > > to this file, but not to rename the file to this final
> > > lp-errs file. Anyway, printcap follows .sig.
>
> > ARGH!!! ARGH!!!
>
> Is this where I say oops? :-)
No, this is where I start pounding my head against the
keyboard.
>
> > OK, here is the problem. The log file truncation code
> > a) creates a temp file.
> > b) copies the END of the log file to the temp file
> > c) renames the temp file as the log file.
> >
> > Why? Because I did not want to truncate and
> > then rewrite the log file and then remove the
> > temp file.
> >
> > But you have, for some reason that escapes me :-)
> > have your log files in /var/log/lpd/xxx... and the rename
> > fails across file systems.
No, this is allowed by 'the rules of the game' and I should
make sure it works with log files any place.
>
> I just started with what Debian provided me with, but if I
> was supposed to put those log files somewhere else, maybe
> Craig should add a note somewhere. Or maybe he did and I didn't
> find it.
>
> Gord
>
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