[Xymon] Call for 4.3.29 Patches

[Japheth Cleaver]

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:
> > 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
> ***************
> *** 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
> ***************
> *** 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