Re: RFC: New log_destination 'fifo'

On 11/07/2012 02:46 PM, David Fetter wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 12:55:03PM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> So it is possible to do this in other ways but I thought it might be
>> interesting to allow people to define fifo or pipe as a
>> log_desination.  This would allow a person to tail the fifo to
>> receive the outputs of the log as it happens but would not take up
>> precious IO or space from the disk.  I personally have found this
>> valuable when diagnosing immediate unexpected problems.  It would
>> also work on Windows.
>
> I've often wanted this feature, and it's a pleasant surprise (at least
> to me) that Windows has the underlying capability.

Alright, we will see what we can do to put this together.

JD


>
> Cheers,
> David.
>


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