Logs keep accumulating older messages

[aniruddha-a]

I tried with the filelogger 64-bit binary given in the release - didnt work for me (error explained later),
so I tried to re-compile with the latest version of coreutils and util-linux, still the same issue!
Should be some issue in the code!

Error:

Say I set up filelogger to watch a file like:

  $ filelogger test

And I do:

  $ echo Log1 >> test
  $ echo Log2 >> test

What I see in /var/log/syslog is:

 Apr 19 12:04:45 dev1443 ani: Log1
 Apr 19 12:04:52 dev1443 ani: Log1#012Log2

Further messages go on getting appended with #012 as a separator.

I am Ubuntu 14.04.3

[mwtzzz-zz]

Hi Aniruddha, I haven't maintained this code in a few years. If I had more time, I would look at your issue, but I don't expect I will be able to get to it, at least anytime soon. The only thing I can suggest is for you to try the different command-line options as documented. If I recall, there should be a command line option for prepending text to each line, you may wish to use this option to make sure a "newline" character is written. Regards, Michael

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On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:40 PM, Aniruddha. A ***@***.***> wrote: I tried with the filelogger 64-bit binary given in the release - didnt work for me (error explained later), so I tried to re-compile with the latest version of coreutils and util-linux, still the same issue! Should be some issue in the code! Error: Say I set up filelogger to watch a file like: $ filelogger test And I do: $ echo Log1 >> test $ echo Log2 >> test What I see in /var/log/syslog is: Apr 19 12:04:45 dev1443 ani: Log1 Apr 19 12:04:52 dev1443 ani: Log1#012Log2 Further messages go on getting appended with #012 as a separator. I am Ubuntu 14.04.3 — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGfAIdJVJa8HnDIuDV2RUmaJs6hc3GR4ks5rxaxVgaJpZM4NBQmy> .

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[aniruddha-a]

Sure, No problem, I completely understand :) (I am in a similar situation for some code which I have pushed to Wireshark!). I will try to debug. Thanks

[mwtzzz-zz]

If you find the issue, let me know and I'll add a patch to the code.

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[aniruddha-a]

Hi Michael,

The remote UDP logging is working fine, as explained in the homepage. The issue was only with the
local log (since I started trying out local logging initially), I changed the following line in xwrite_logger() :

 syslog(pri, "%s", logthis);

to

syslog(pri, "%.*s", n_bytes, buffer);

And local logging worked fine.
Thank you. Clubbing tail and logger is a cool idea! 💯

[mwtzzz-zz]

HI Aniruddha, Thanks for the information. When I have a chance, I'll go ahead and incorporate your modifications into the code. Or if you want, you can create a branch with your changes and submit a pull request.

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-Thanks!

On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 12:21 AM, Aniruddha. A ***@***.***> wrote: Hi Michael, The remote UDP logging is working fine, as explained in the homepage. The issue was only with the local log (since I started trying out local logging initially), I changed the following line in xwrite_logger() : syslog(pri, "%s", logthis); to syslog(pri, "%.*s", n_bytes, buffer); And local logging worked fine. Thank you. Clubbing tail and logger is a cool idea! 💯 — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGfAIfw8oozCFmvqiazXVWoU0hDiGy5eks5ryFjkgaJpZM4NBQmy> .

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