[syslog-ng] Problems creating syslog-ng.persit- file

[Sandor Geller]

syslog-ng first creates a tempfile having the '-' suffix then uses
mmap(). A quick googling showed that jffs2 doesn't support mmap()

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Tamayo, Andres <Andres.Tamayo at viasat.com> wrote:
> Hello,
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> I am having problems starting up syslog-ng when I specify the location and
> name for its persist file.  Here is the way I am trying to start it:
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> syslog-ng --cfgfile=/etc/syslog-ng.conf --pidfile=/mnt/config/syslog-ng.pid
> --persist-file=/mnt/config/syslog-ng.persist
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> When I use this command, syslog-ng starts and creates the
> /mnt/config/syslog-ng.persist file but it adds a '-' (dash) character to the
> end of the filename, like this: /mnt/config/syslog-ng.persist-
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> Then it executes right to the point where it is about to parse the
> configuration file (I can see this in the debug logs) and stops.  The
> command return value is 2.  I have seen syslog-ng return 0 on success and 1
> on failure but I do not know what is the meaning of 2 as the return value.
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> I tried the same filename but a different location (/tmp) and it worked.
> The filename did not have the appended '-' and syslog-ng returned 0.  The
> location I am trying to use is a flash memory mount that has JFFS2 file
> system.  I wonder if this is part of the problem.
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> I tried to change the name of the persist file to something different like:
> --persist-file=/mnt/config/something.else and the behavior is the same.  The
> file is created like this: /mnt/config/something.else- and syslog-ng returns
> 2.
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> Does anybody know why the '-' is appended to the filename or what is the
> meaning of a 2 return value?
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> Thank you for your help.
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