[jira] Commented: (COUCHDB-412) CouchDB fails to start when log file is a pipe

["Brian Candler (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Brian Candler commented on COUCHDB-412:
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I think this should be made a general facility to log via an external program: i.e. don't hardcoded the path to pipe_wrapper.sh, or the fact that it requires a filename argument for the log destination.

This would then be comparable to the corresponding feature in Apache httpd:

CustomLog "|/path/to/program" ...

It would let you do lots of cool things: e.g. log to syslog or log via HTTP to another couchdb server, without having to launch another process which tails a pipe.


> CouchDB fails to start when log file is a pipe
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-412
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-412
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 0.9
>         Environment: CentOS x86_64
>            Reporter: Enda Farrell
>         Attachments: COUCHDB_412_01.patch, pipe_wrapper.sh
>
>
> I have an 0.9 CouchDB. When the local.ini file's [log] file is actually a pipe (with a known to be running consumer) rather than a file, CouchDB fails to start.

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