Wouldn't it be better to just always (sym)link the last smtp-{date}.log to
smtp.log (same for other files ofcourse)? So you don't have to choose...
Ivo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Arends" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:43 AM
Subject: [xmail] Log file output
> Davide,
> I'm looking at methods of analysing/reporting the xmail logs better.
> Really I'd like to get real-time into mysql.
>
> One way is to use a named pipe and another is to just tail a file into
> another process.
> The tail method doesn't recover well from restarting the conversion
> process,
> unless it keeps track of records processed.
>
> Both require a constant file name to be used (the tail method could check
> for new files in the logs folder - I'd rather not)
> But I was just wondering if it were possible to have an option on the
> cmdline to rotate the log files (current action) or to NOT rotate the log
> files.
>
> with -logrotate=no, the files would be 'smtp.log' rather than
> 'smtp-{date}'
> as the date would have no meaning.
> (and smail, psync, etc)
>
> In the case of a named pipe, do you see any problem with xmail outputting
> to
> an existing file that was a pipe?
> Or in the case of a single log file being used, one might use the OS's
> logrotate tools, do you see any issue with that?
>
> Rob :-)
>
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