Re: mutilog via fifo

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richard lucassen wrote:

> So, what's the difference between elhttp using "/dev/stdout" as logfile
> and e.g. publicfile?

I honestly don't know.  I would have expected /dev/stdout and the real
stdout to be similar (at least writing to the same file descriptor),
*except* that they won't be sharing the same file table entry (unless
open(2) is treating the "/dev/std*" entries differently than other
files and reusing the entry).  It's something I need to sit and think
about ...

> Apparently publicfile sends its logs in a different way to stdout?

I'm not sure about publicfile (haven't used it), but most/all of
djb's tools send their logging to stdout/stderr - it's your using
of /dev/stdout that's different ... wait a sec.  You're using
tcpserver - isn't stdout (as well as stdin) wired to the incoming
tcp socket (particularly when elhttp gets around to opening it)?
Don't you want to be using /dev/stderr?


Cheers,
  --dt