On 4/11/2019 11:20 PM, Andy Smith wrote:

Hi JC,

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 01:37:32PM -0700, Japheth Cleaver wrote:

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I'm pushing for a release of 4.3.29 relatively soon.

These 2 changes allow you to run the client from a shared directory.

*** ./client/runclient.sh.FCS   Wed Jan 27 21:12:32 2016 --- ./client/runclient.sh       Fri Apr 12 07:14:38 2019

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*** 86,92 **** rm -f $XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch.$MACHINEDOTS.pid fi

!       $XYMONCLIENTHOME/bin/xymonlaunch --config=$XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/clientlaunch.cfg --log=$XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch.log --pidfile=$XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch.$MACHINEDOTS.pid if test $? -eq 0; then echo "Xymon client for $SERVEROSTYPE started on $MACHINEDOTS" else --- 86,92 ---- rm -f $XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch.$MACHINEDOTS.pid fi

!       $XYMONCLIENTHOME/bin/xymonlaunch --config=$XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/clientlaunch.cfg --log=$XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch.$MACHINEDOTS.log --pidfile=$XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/clientlaunch.$MACHINEDOTS.pid if test $? -eq 0; then echo "Xymon client for $SERVEROSTYPE started on $MACHINEDOTS" else

*** ./client/clientlaunch.cfg.FCS       Wed Apr 10 09:40:32 2019 --- ./client/clientlaunch.cfg   Fri Apr 12 07:14:55 2019

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*** 17,28 **** DISABLED ENVFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg CMD $XYMONCLIENTHOME/bin/msgcache --no-daemon --pidfile=$XYMONCLIENTLOGS/msgcache.pid !       LOGFILE $XYMONCLIENTLOGS/msgcache.log

  # The main client task [client] ENVFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg CMD $XYMONCLIENTHOME/bin/xymonclient.sh !       LOGFILE $XYMONCLIENTLOGS/xymonclient.log INTERVAL 5m

--- 17,28 ---- DISABLED ENVFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg CMD $XYMONCLIENTHOME/bin/msgcache --no-daemon --pidfile=$XYMONCLIENTLOGS/msgcache.pid !       LOGFILE $XYMONCLIENTLOGS/msgcache.$MACHINEDOTS.log

  # The main client task [client] ENVFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg CMD $XYMONCLIENTHOME/bin/xymonclient.sh !       LOGFILE $XYMONCLIENTLOGS/xymonclient.$MACHINEDOTS.log INTERVAL 5m

Hmm. The patch makes sense, but is there a particular rw use case you guys are using for this with shared log file directories? This would likely require changes to log rotation configs too.

-jc