Re: [Tracker] about the need to remove log file

[Martyn Russell <martyn imendio com>]

Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> Me hopes this issue didn't get lost:
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
> <tshepang gmail com> 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.

-- 
Regards,
Martyn