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

["Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <tshepang gmail com>]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Martyn Russell <martyn imendio com> wrote:
> 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.

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?


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