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: References: <1Qoug4-1GulCy0@fwd17.aul.t-online.de> Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 11:02:45 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mintty --log overwrites existing logfile in place From: Csaba Raduly To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Christian Franke 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 On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: > On 4 August 2011 10:57, Christian Franke wrote: >> The mintty --log option is very useful but opens logfile without O_TRUNC >> or O_APPEND: (snip) >> I would suggest to add O_APPEND. > > I'll ponder that. The original intention was O_TRUNC. > Ideally it could be made user-selectable. The effect of O_TRUNC can be manually replicated by deleting the existing log, but I suspect few would bother; resulting in large log files. The effect of o_APPEND can be manually replicated by renaming and concatenating the log files. 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