Re: [WebDNA] Email Log.txt
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2014
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I believe the error log name is easily edited in the errormssgs template in t= he engine directory. Also, you could probably use the escape character in lo= grotate.=20 Having said that, I agree the simple change should be the default value. ...= Reminder that changes in the Server version engine dir. need to be replicate= d in the master sandbox too Happy Holidays Donovan D. Brooke Mobile > On Dec 26, 2014, at 10:23 AM, christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote: >=20 > Good point! please everyone, email your wish list so we can try to include= or modify what you want in the next builds, if it can improve the user expe= rience. I am thinking about syntax consistency, useful functions or improved= ones. >=20 > Happy New Year everyone! >=20 > - chris >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On 26 Dec 2014, at 19:38, Kenneth Grome
wrote: >>=20 >> WebDNA was originally created to run on the Mac OS where spaces in >> file names were generally not an issue. This is probably why the >> hard-coded "Email Log.txt" file name was never considered to be a >> problem. >>=20 >> But today, two decades later, logrotate on Ubuntu 14.04 fails to >> rotate this log file, and the only reason I can think of for this >> failure is because there's a space in the file name. After all, >> it works with all the other logs I configured it to rotate, and >> all the others do not have space characters in their names. >>=20 >> Naturally I'm using quote characters around the path to this file >> in my logrotate script. Theoretically this should resolve this >> issue -- but it does not -- thus I suspect that the space in the >> file name is still causing the problem. >>=20 >> I know I can create a 'work-around' to this situation, but should >> a work-around really be necessary? After all, practically all >> other server software these days allows the user to specify >> his/her own log file names. Some even allows the use of variables >> so log files will be rotated automatically ... >>=20 >> In my opinion this could be really use in WebDNA. For example, >> let us specify an email log file name like this in our prefs: >>=20 >> webdnaMailLog-[date %Y%m%d] >>=20 >> ... and it could cause WebDNA to automatically create a new email >> log file every day, with no other effort required on our part. >>=20 >> Just a thought from someone who would love WebDNA to become more >> user-friendly as it continues to grow and develop. >>=20 >> Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! >>=20 >> :) >>=20 >> Regards, >> Kenneth Grome >> WebDNA Solutions >> http://www.webdnasolutions.com >> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Management >>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us
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I believe the error log name is easily edited in the errormssgs template in t= he engine directory. Also, you could probably use the escape character in lo= grotate.=20 Having said that, I agree the simple change should be the default value. ...= Reminder that changes in the Server version engine dir. need to be replicate= d in the master sandbox too Happy Holidays Donovan D. Brooke Mobile > On Dec 26, 2014, at 10:23 AM, christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote: >=20 > Good point! please everyone, email your wish list so we can try to include= or modify what you want in the next builds, if it can improve the user expe= rience. I am thinking about syntax consistency, useful functions or improved= ones. >=20 > Happy New Year everyone! >=20 > - chris >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On 26 Dec 2014, at 19:38, Kenneth Grome wrote: >>=20 >> WebDNA was originally created to run on the Mac OS where spaces in >> file names were generally not an issue. This is probably why the >> hard-coded "Email Log.txt" file name was never considered to be a >> problem. >>=20 >> But today, two decades later, logrotate on Ubuntu 14.04 fails to >> rotate this log file, and the only reason I can think of for this >> failure is because there's a space in the file name. After all, >> it works with all the other logs I configured it to rotate, and >> all the others do not have space characters in their names. >>=20 >> Naturally I'm using quote characters around the path to this file >> in my logrotate script. Theoretically this should resolve this >> issue -- but it does not -- thus I suspect that the space in the >> file name is still causing the problem. >>=20 >> I know I can create a 'work-around' to this situation, but should >> a work-around really be necessary? After all, practically all >> other server software these days allows the user to specify >> his/her own log file names. Some even allows the use of variables >> so log files will be rotated automatically ... >>=20 >> In my opinion this could be really use in WebDNA. For example, >> let us specify an email log file name like this in our prefs: >>=20 >> webdnaMailLog-[date %Y%m%d] >>=20 >> ... and it could cause WebDNA to automatically create a new email >> log file every day, with no other effort required on our part. >>=20 >> Just a thought from someone who would love WebDNA to become more >> user-friendly as it continues to grow and develop. >>=20 >> Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! >>=20 >> :) >>=20 >> Regards, >> Kenneth Grome >> WebDNA Solutions >> http://www.webdnasolutions.com >> Web Database Systems and Linux Server Management >>=20 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us
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