Am 03.09.2016 um 10:09 schrieb Mick Sulley:
> My code relies on aliases and so I wanted to copy the correct version of
> owfs.conf to /etc/owfs.conf and I assumed that I would need to restart
> after that for it to be read and the correct alias file used.
>
No. Owserver monitors its config file and restarts automatically. When
you start
# owserver --debug -c myowfs.conf
you see
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DEBUG: ow_inotify.c:(52) Configuration file change -- time to resurrect
DEBUG: ow_inotify.c:(61) Configuration file change detected. Will
restart /opt/owfs/bin/owserver
CALL: ow_exec.c:(114) Restarting /opt/owfs/bin/owserver
DEBUG: ow_net_server.c:(374) Stop listening process
DEBUG: ow_net_server.c:(378) Listening loop stopped
DEBUG MODE
libow version:
3.1p4
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as soon myowfs.conf is written to.
There is a drawback: When you write the configuration file, you have to
do that in one action. Scripting languages usually do this, they buffer
all the output written to a file and flush it on a "flush" or "close"
command.
> The thing I don't understand is that it is not the restart that causes
> the failure, it is the copy. I have tried it without the restart line
> and it still fails. Does owserver continually read /etc/owfs.conf and
> detect that it being written?
>
That is because your cp command triggers a restart in owserver and you
get a few seconds in which it is unresponsive.
Kind regards
Jan
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