Re: mis.log
By: Michael Pierce to All on Sat Jun 20 2020 12:11 pm

once it reaches a certain point (and it takes days to get there) the "log file" stops adding to the log.

What's the size of it? Is it the same size each time?

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anybody else have a problem with tailing mis.log file??
raspbery pi4 (4gb) a46 build
tail -f mystic/logs/mis.log or even cat mystic/logs/mis.log

once it reaches a certain point (and it takes days to get there) the "log
file" stops adding to the log.

mis server still runs just fine, just not adding to the log file anymore?? shutting down mis and re-starting fixes the problem.

next time it happens, I will capture the log file

I run mis server in another console.

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once it reaches a certain point (and it takes days to get there)
the "log file" stops adding to the log.

What's the size of it? Is it the same size each time?

I will have to wait till it happens again.

Michael

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anybody else have a problem with tailing mis.log file??
raspbery pi4 (4gb) a46 build
tail -f mystic/logs/mis.log or even cat mystic/logs/mis.log

once it reaches a certain point (and it takes days to get there) the "log file" stops adding to the log.

MIS opens the log and keeps it open, only writing to the log file when it has 4 kilobytes of data to write. It does this to reduce wear and tear to the disk and it speeds things up a bit.

You can disable that function by turning the log caching off. MIS will then update the log file immediate, but it has to open, write, and close the file each time a line needs to be added to the log. This is harder on your disk but you'll be able to tail it.

You can turn it off in Servers > Logging > MIS.LOG > Cached Log > No

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anybody else have a problem with tailing mis.log file??
raspbery pi4 (4gb) a46 build
tail -f mystic/logs/mis.log or even cat mystic/logs/mis.log

once it reaches a certain point (and it takes days to get there)
the "log file" stops adding to the log.

MIS opens the log and keeps it open, only writing to the log file when
it has 4 kilobytes of data to write. It does this to reduce wear and
tear to the disk and it speeds things up a bit.

You can disable that function by turning the log caching off. MIS
will then update the log file immediate, but it has to open, write,
and close the file each time a line needs to be added to the log.
This is harder on your disk but you'll be able to tail it.

You can turn it off in Servers > Logging > MIS.LOG > Cached Log > No

is there a way to FIX the caching so it doesn't die??

don't want to decrease performance

it happened again, log file hit 17megs, I copied the file to miscrash.log -rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 17M Jun 23 16:07 miscrash.log

I then shutdown mis, deleted mis.log and restarted

the big question is why is it stopping writing??? and other than not caching, what else can be done ??? is there a way to keep track of mis via the console?

Michael
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mem usuage 680M
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MIS opens the log and keeps it open, only writing to the log file whe it has 4 kilobytes of data to write. It does this to reduce wear and tear to the disk and it speeds things up a bit.

is there a way to FIX the caching so it doesn't die??

I don't think its dying it just doesn't write to the log until it gets enough data to write to the log, thats what caching is. So if you either want it to write in chunks of logs at a time, or you want it to write line by line.

Maybe what I can do for MIS is have it update the log after a number of
seconds even if the cache isn't filled yet.

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I don't think its dying it just doesn't write to the log until it gets enough data to write to the log, thats what caching is. So if you
either want it to write in chunks of logs at a time, or you want it to write line by line.

well it stops writing, but the mis server window keeps writing ie last time I caught it, there was more than 2 hours time difference between what was written to mis.log and what was on the mis server screen (running as a detached screen)

poll.log does not have this problem.

Maybe what I can do for MIS is have it update the log after a number
of seconds even if the cache isn't filled yet.

one thing I have noticed, is when it happens, it will only write the date

here is the last few lines of mis from the last time it happened

+ 2020.06.24 19:50:54 BINKP > Connect on slot 1/5 (73.11.56.74)
+ 2020.06.24 19:50:54 BINKP 1-HostName c-73-11-56-74.hsd1.or.comcast.net
+ 2020.06.24 19:50:54 BINKP 1-Country United States of America (US)
+ 2020.06.24 19:50:54 BINKP 1-System fluxcap.dynv6.net
+ 2020.06.24 19:50:54 BINKP 1-SysOp Michael Pierce
+ 2020.06.24 19:50:54 BINKP 1-Location Portland, Or
+ 2020.06.24 19:50:54 BINKP 1-Mailer binkd/1.1a-96/Linux binkp/1.1
+ 2020.06.24 19:50:54 BINKP 1-Queued 0 files for 1:340/201.2@fidonet
+ 2020.06.24 19:50:54 BINKP 1-Queued 0 files for 21:2/145.2@fsxnet
+ 2020.06.24



Michael

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