On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Martyn Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >> Me hopes this issue didn't get lost: >> >> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> A while ago someone limited the log file to grow to about 10MB. That >>> to me means it's unnecessary to delete it on every start-up. But why I >>> care is that I want to be able to have my 'tail -f >>> ~/.local/share/tracker/trackerd.log' continue giving output without me >>> re-running it between daemon restarts. Thanks... >>> >>> >>> Index: src/trackerd/tracker-main.c >>> =================================================================== >>> --- src/trackerd/tracker-main.c (revision 1800) >>> +++ src/trackerd/tracker-main.c (working copy) >>> @@ -438,8 +438,6 @@ initialize_directories (void) >>> g_mkdir_with_parents (filename, 00700); >>> g_free (filename); >>> >>> - /* Remove existing log files */ >>> - tracker_file_unlink (log_filename); >>> } >>> >>> static gboolean >> >> >> > > Hey Tshepang, > > Thanks for mentioning this again. I don't think it is a good idea to > append to a log when the indexer or daemon is started. I think it is > better to start from scratch. If not, people will assume the top of the > file is the start of the log when it may not be.
In such a case how about doing the same for 'tracker-indexer.log' for consistency's sake? It currently gets appended to and not started from scratch. By the way is there a way to follow that log fine without re-running 'tail -f' every restart? -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
