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Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 13:09:56 +0200
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Subject: Re: mintty --log overwrites existing logfile in place
From: Csaba Raduly <rcsaba AT gmail DOT com>
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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
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