X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4E3D1981.7040208@t-online.de> References: <1Qoug4-1GulCy0@fwd17.aul.t-online.de> <4E3D1981.7040208@t-online.de> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 13:09:56 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mintty --log overwrites existing logfile in place From: Csaba Raduly To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id p77BAGqb000549 On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Christian Franke wrote: > Agree, e.g. "--log +FILE" appends to FILE: > > client.c: >  // Open log file if any >  if (*cfg.log) { >    if (cfg.log[0] == '+' && cfg.log[1]) >      log_fd = open(cfg.log+1, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0600); >    else >      log_fd = open(cfg.log, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0600); >    if (log_fd < 0) >      error("open log file"); >  } I was thinking along the lines of a user preference. I don't like magic file names. But it's up to Andy :) Csaba -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers. Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple