[syslog-ng] Unable to run several syslog-ng instances using file source driver file position persistence

[Andreas Kurz]

Hello Balazs!

Sorry for the rumours! ... I tried to apply the patches to the 2.0.9
sources and .... they are already there. It is only, the new
--persist-file/-R parameter is not shown when running 'syslog-ng -h'
and not mentioned in the man-page ... but it works ;-)

Thanks, for your help ... and for this great peace of software!
Regards,
Andreas

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Balazs Scheidler <bazsi at balabit.hu> wrote:
> It was integrated in syslog-ng OSE 2.1, as announced earlier I only fix
>  really critical issues in 2.0, it is in strict maintenance mode. I'd
>  rather like to get more testing for syslog-ng OSE 2.1.
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>  The patch itself can be backported easily, here's the patch:
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>  http://git.balabit.hu/?p=bazsi/syslog-ng-2.1.git;a=commitdiff;h=39e54c9b7ad73d6863d345125eec6f8cf61d4451;hp=63ce1bba3dff8c0645035025d221349e3d5ec59c
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>  On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 10:03 +0200, Andreas Kurz wrote:
>  > Hello!
>  >
>  > I am using syslog-ng 2.0.8 (and tested 2.0.9 to see if it includes the
>  > feature...) and found out that there is still no cmdline option to
>  > define the path/name of the "syslog-ng.persist" file (like for the
>  > pid/conf file). So it is not possible to easy run several Instances of
>  > syslog-ng using the file source driver on the same machine and store
>  > the file positions beyond syslog-ng restarts ... e.g. in a cluster
>  > environment .... or did I miss a hidden config option?
>  >
>  > There was already a discussion about this some months ago. Is there a
>  > special reason, why this feature is not integrated in syslog-ng or is
>  > there only too less demand for such a feature?
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>  --
>  Bazsi
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