On 02/25/2017 01:19 AM, Andrew Hanushevsky wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
Hi!
> We do try to minimize command line arguments that can come from the
> config file. However, certain information cannot come from the config
> file because it is needed way before the config file is read. For instance,
>
> -n established the instance and that is needed to create various
> directories at start-up time.
>
> -l establishedsthe log file and we reall need to write out errors we
> encounter before we even get to the config file.
>
> -s Well, that was put in there so that init_d could verify whether or
> not the server started and, while it can come from the config file,
> makes it easier to see what pid file should be checked by just looking
> at the init script.
>
> -b places the server in the background before the config file is read (I
> suppose that could come the config file), though using -b is a standard
> way of daemonizing servers.
>
> -d sets debugging at the earliest possible moment. Generally, one should
> not specify this option unless there is an aboslute reason to do so
> since it severly impacts server performance. Gentler tracing is
> available from the config file.
maybe a wrapper like this could be useful?
https://github.com/adriansev/alicexrd/blob/master/startXRD.sh
Thank you!
Adrian
>
> Andy
>
> On Sat, 25 Feb 2017, Adrian Sevcenco wrote:
>
>> Hi! We are starting the xrootd from a script like this :
>>
>> xrootd -n server -b $XRDDEBUG -l ${XRDRUNDIR}/logs/xrdlog -c
>> ${XRDCONFDIR}/server/xrootd.cf -s ${XRDRUNDIR}/admin/xrd_svr.pid
>>
>> cmsd -n server -b $XRDDEBUG -l ${XRDRUNDIR}/logs/cmslog -c
>> ${XRDCONFDIR}/server/xrootd.cf -s ${XRDRUNDIR}/admin/cmsd_svr.pid
>>
>> this is kind of restrictive and the xrootd arguments change also
>> depending of the user that start the script or the normal system
>> service..
>>
>> are the exact correspondent of cli arguments in configuration format?
>> (i did not find so far)
>> i would like to have as single argument to xrootd the configuration file
>> and everything else to be set up in that configuration...
>>
>> I post this here first for a discussion before posting an enhancement
>> request issue on github.
>>
>> Thank you!!
>> Adrian
>>
>>
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