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From: Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>
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Subject: Re: [9front] Re: feature request: log rotation
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On February 17, 2021 2:45:55 AM EST, sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9front@sirjofri=
=2Ede> wrote:
>
>17=2E02=2E2021 00:34:17 Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber=2Ecom>:
>> On February 15, 2021 11:53:42 PM EST, magma698hfsp273p9f@icebubble=2Eor=
g=20
>> wrote:
>>> Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber=2Ecom> writes:
>>>
>>>> a machine sitting still should not fill up its own disk=2E let's desi=
gn
>>>> a sane default=2E
>>>
>>> Isn't that the whole idea behind the WORM filesystem paradigm?=C2=A0 N=
ever
>>> delete anything, just add more storage=2E=C2=A0 Right?
>>>
>>
>> i have seen many worms filled without human intervention=2E that's what=
=20
>> i'd like to prevent=2E
>>
>> i can roll my own log rotation, but why not provide a sensible default?
>>
>> note: not all systems have a worm partition or are running dumps=2E the=
=20
>> worm actually makes the problem worse=2E
>
>I thought dump only writes changed blocks, so if I don't write anything=
=20
>it doesn't fill the disk?
>
>(Log files set to temporary)
>
>sirjofri
>

a lot of programs write to files under /sys/log/=2E

files under /sys/log/ are not chmod +t by default=2E

sl