[PATCH] Sending log files to stderr (TransferLog >&2)

[Martin Kraemer <Ma...@mch.sni.de>]

I know that this is of little use for unix platforms because of the
possibility of piping to arbitrary commands. Under Win95, however, where
the Windows version is not run as a "service" but runs in an ordinary
shell window, it adds a new functionality to the (except for the startup
message) empty apache window:

The attached patch adds the possibility to send most of the log files to
stderr (or what the underlying OS makes out of "stderr"). So, when a
Win95 user configures
    TransferLog >&2
    ErrorLog    >&2
then [s]he can monitor what happens to apache, load-wise.

I think it's quite useful for debugging and "small server" use.

The macro LOGFILE_STDERR defines the "magic" filename which will be used
for this purpose; I wondered if it should be set to "-" or to ">&2" --
what would you propose?

    Martin
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Re: [PATCH] Sending log files to stderr (TransferLog >&2)

[Dean Gaudet <dg...@arctic.org>]

+1, although it'd be cool if you (or Randy in his logging patch) could
consolidate the various log file opening routines.

Dean

On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Martin Kraemer wrote:

> I know that this is of little use for unix platforms because of the
> possibility of piping to arbitrary commands. Under Win95, however, where
> the Windows version is not run as a "service" but runs in an ordinary
> shell window, it adds a new functionality to the (except for the startup
> message) empty apache window:
> 
> The attached patch adds the possibility to send most of the log files to
> stderr (or what the underlying OS makes out of "stderr"). So, when a
> Win95 user configures
>     TransferLog >&2
>     ErrorLog    >&2
> then [s]he can monitor what happens to apache, load-wise.
> 
> I think it's quite useful for debugging and "small server" use.
> 
> The macro LOGFILE_STDERR defines the "magic" filename which will be used
> for this purpose; I wondered if it should be set to "-" or to ">&2" --
> what would you propose?
> 
>     Martin
> -- 
> | S I E M E N S |  <Ma...@mch.sni.de>  |      Siemens Nixdorf
> | ------------- |   Voice: +49-89-636-46021     |  Informationssysteme AG
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>