svlogd and blank lines

svlogd and blank lines

[Michael P. Soulier]

Hello,

Sorry for the resend, but I didn't see the original come through, and I can't
seem to get to the list archives to confirm if it did. 

"Firefox can't find the server at skarnet.org."

I've moved an app from logging via multilog to using svlogd. I'm 
noticing that in the output, there are no longer any blank lines, used 
to break up sections of the logs and keep the more readable.

Is this design intent?

Thanks,
Mike
-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein

Re: svlogd and blank lines

[Laurent Bercot]

> Sorry for the resend, but I didn't see the original come through, and I
> can't seem to get to the list archives to confirm if it did. 
> "Firefox can't find the server at skarnet.org."

 Sorry about that. Some router at my ISP has been having reliability
problems for a few days. If it happens again, I shall investigate.
 The list archives are kept on the same machine as the mailing list
manager, so if the mail doesn't come through, there's a good
probability you won't be able to access the archives either. ;)

-- 
 Laurent

svlogd and blank lines

[Michael P. Soulier]

Hello,

I've moved an app from logging via multilog to using svlogd. I'm 
noticing that in the output, there are no longer any blank lines, used 
to break up sections of the logs and keep the more readable.

Is this design intent?

Thanks,
Mike
-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein

Re: svlogd and blank lines

[Gerrit Pape]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 09:50:44PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> I've moved an app from logging via multilog to using svlogd. I'm 
> noticing that in the output, there are no longer any blank lines, used 
> to break up sections of the logs and keep the more readable.
> 
> Is this design intent?

Correct, svlogd doesn't log lines with just '\n'; not necessarily by
design.  I'm unsure currently whether to document it or change it in
svlogd.

Regards, Gerrit.

Re: svlogd and blank lines

[Michael P. Soulier]

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On 26/03/06 Gerrit Pape said:

> Correct, svlogd doesn't log lines with just '\n'; not necessarily by
> design.  I'm unsure currently whether to document it or change it in
> svlogd.

Personally, I'd prefer to log \n's. They can be used to space out sections of
logs, increasing readability. A logger tool like this should just log whatever
it's given. Let the app determine what's worthy of logging.

Cheers,
Mike

-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein

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Re: svlogd and blank lines

[Alex Efros]

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Hi!

On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 10:53:45AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> > Correct, svlogd doesn't log lines with just '\n'; not necessarily by
> > design.  I'm unsure currently whether to document it or change it in
> > svlogd.
> 
> Personally, I'd prefer to log \n's. They can be used to space out sections of
> logs, increasing readability. A logger tool like this should just log whatever
> it's given. Let the app determine what's worthy of logging.

I also think it should just log whatever it's given. If admin dislike
empty lines in logs he should be able to filter them using ./config .

-- 
			WBR, Alex.

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