Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 17:00:54 -0500
From: rick AT gbso DOT net
Message-Id: <199703282200.RAA05890@delorie.com>
To: opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Subject: Re: wish list 2.0


On 1997-03-28 kentb AT vnd DOT tek DOT com said:
   >Jude DaShiell wrote:
   >> I just thought of something, the config.log and autoexec.log
   >>files should  always generate on a boot.  If there were no errors
   >>in config.sys when  the machine booted then config.log could be
   >>erased.  If there were no errors in autoexec.bat then autoexec.log
   >>could  be erased.  Boots should do destructive writing of these
   >>log files.  If an error does happen or perhaps more than one error,
   >>perhaps the offending  parameter on the command line could be
   >>tagged with a caret  in front of it.
   >> I know systems especially the faster ones boot up too fast
   >> even for people with 20:20 vission to read the screen much of the
   >>time and this  feature were it implemented would remove
   >> that requirement.
   >> On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
   >> > On Sat, 22 Mar 1997 jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com wrote:
   >> >
   >> > > If possible, opendos shouldn't be permitted to boot
   >> > > up on anyone's machine without writing a config.log and
   >>autoexec.log  > > file if any errors are encountered in either
   >>config.sys or autoexec.bat  > > files.  If those files generate
   >>under error conditions  > > fixing problems and documenting
   >>problems will be much easier.  > > Probably the line number where
   >>the error happened should be  > > put into the log files along
   >>with the error message.  > > jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
   >> >
   >> > YES!  Much like the system logs in Linux (ala syslogd and
   >>klogd).  > Those logs come in VERY HANDY when trying to pinpoint
   >>trouble.  >
   >> > Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.
   >>ca/~mharris  > Computer Consultant   |                  Coming
   >>soon: dynamic-IP-freedom...  > My dynamic address:
   >http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html
   >> >
   >> > EMACS: Escape Meta Alt Control Shift  :o)
   >> >
   >> >
   >> jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>
   >Couldn't we get by with just one file "boot.log".  I would hate the
   >growing list of possible
   >log file to track through to find a bootup problem.
   >--
   >Kent Byerley               |  We are born naked,
   >kentb AT vnd DOT tek DOT com          |  wet and hungry.
   >Tektronix, Beaverton, Or   |  Then things get worse.

Wouldn't the log file(s) be more useful if previous
versions were retained for a period of time. If entries
in a single file were dated at each reboot the system
could delete older entries to keep the log file to a
reasonable size, and by all means, one file rather than two.


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