This doesn't change in any way the fact that it would be immensely
useful to support the standard and flexible ways of doing things.
Lukasz
2011/5/12 Yang, Wei <[log in to unmask]>:
> while logrotate is a nice tool, the build in -k is a even nicer and simpler way to do this. I think -k can reduce just one more task T3 has to do, while those who has a need to use logrotate can remove -k from /etc/sysconfig/xrootd.
>
> regards,
> Wei Yang | [log in to unmask] | 650-926-3338(O)
>
>
> On May 12, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Andrew Hanushevsky wrote:
>
>> Let me weigh in. I suppose you can use log rotate in Linux but I doubt most
>> sites would need any more flexibility than what xrootd provides by its
>> simple log rotate capability. Plus you would need to write a script to do
>> the actual log rotation beyond something what xrootd does as the log is left
>> open until midnight after which time is renamed with a time stamp and that
>> is the log you need to rotate. Frankly, I don't see why we look for
>> complicated solutions when a simple one will do for the majority of people.
>> If a site needs a complicated log rotate then they could do it for
>> themselves. A tier 3 site need not be saddled with default complexity. I
>> know that the feeling is that logrotate is simple and not complex. But
>> remember complexity is relative.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lukasz Janyst
>> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 2:48 AM
>> To: Tanya Levshina
>> Cc: Doug Benjamin ; Douglas Strain ; xrootd-dev
>> Subject: Re: XRootD tag and RPMs
>>
>> Hi Tanya,
>>
>> we will cut the second rc after we do some testing with this one.
>> Your request raises a more general question of how we should handle
>> the log rotation. Specifying it as a parameter for xrootd in the
>> sysconfig file has an advantage of keeping all the settings together
>> but I would argue that we should use the standard logrotator (man 8
>> logrotate) of Linux as it is far more flexible and is widely
>> considered as "the" tool for this sort of job which is what most
>> admins would probably expect.
>>
>> Let me know what you think.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Lukasz
>>
>> 2011/5/12 Tanya Levshina <[log in to unmask]>:
>>> Hi Lukasz,
>>>
>>> Sorry, but I just have noticed that [-k NUM] option is still missing from
>>> /etc/sysconfig/xrootd configuration. This option controls the number of
>>> days the log files will be kept.
>>>
>>> Could you please add this and cut a new rc?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>> Tanya
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Lukasz Janyst <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:58 am
>>> Subject: XRootD tag and RPMs
>>> To: xrootd-dev <[log in to unmask]>, Doug Benjamin
>>> <[log in to unmask]>, Tanya Levshina <[log in to unmask]>, Douglas
>>> Strain <[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I have made a rc1 tag and built the RPMs which you can access here:
>>>> http://xrootd.cern.ch/sw/releases/3.0.4-rc1/
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Lukasz
>>>
>>
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