Re: Informix Message Log

Mark D Stock <marks@west.co.za> wrote: :Ravi Joseph Pinto wrote: :> Shouldn't the OnLine be shutdown before moving the message file to :> archive area , keeping in mind that oninit / tbinit is constantly writing to :> the file ??? :Nargh, not really. The term 'constantly' is probably a bit much. Any good UNIX hacker :will tell you they have done much worse in the past. Also it is no problem if you use the mv command. If OnLine where writing to the log at the exact moment you moved it (had the file open), it would continue to write to the moved file until it was finished. This is a standard Unix feature. The next write (assuming a new open is done) would go to the new file. If it doesn't exist I assume OnLine will create it, although I haven't ever tested that. (Ours haven't grown so much over 1.5 years that I have had the need to do this yet.) :Besides, OnLine should be online 24x7... right? Exactly. Even in our 14x5 shop it is. Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company