mod_log-any/1419: Logging to a pipe

[Mike Rudolph <mi...@anawave.com>]

>Number:         1419
>Category:       mod_log-any
>Synopsis:       Logging to a pipe
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Nov 14 15:20:00 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     miker@anawave.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.24/1.3b2
>Environment:
SunOS 5.5/5.6, BSD 3.0/3.1
>Description:
Piping logs to an external program actually runs the program twice.
Looks like its a result of calling dup() and then closing the old
stream?
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Also, for the new 1.3 with the reliable piping, it would be *great* to
see some other features in this area, since so many people are piping to
external programs...

I'd like to see a way to have Apache buffer a set amount of logging information
before piping it out... say something we could #define so that Apache
didn't keep piping out 128 bytes of information, but buffered 4-8K so
our external processors can run more efficiently?
>How-To-Repeat:
Use a simple C program to log to and have it print to it's stdout when
it start's up.
>Fix:

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