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From: nagel@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU (Mark Nagel)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: using fakesyslog
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Date: 19 Mar 89 19:52:46 GMT
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I have to use fakesyslog on one of our news servers since the syslog
routines do not work (Sequent Symmetry Dynix 3.0.12).  Anyhow, they
work OK, except there is no file locking done on the fakesyslog file.
I've tried to do this, once just by using flock on the open fakesyslog
file descriptor; other times I've tried more complex methods.  In any event,
I can't seem to get the *%&^ thing to lock.  This causes log messages
to get interspersed with one another.  I can just turn off logging,
but it is nice to get those reports once a week.  If anyone has fixed
this (or if anyone knows how to get the syslog routines to function
properly on the Symmetry), I'd appreciate it.  Thanks in advance!

Mark Nagel @ UC Irvine, Department of Information and Computer Science
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