Re: [hylafax-users] The right place for xferlog

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wolfgang Klein wrote:
> I just
> noticed that there are two file called xferlog: one is written in
> /var/spool/hylafax/etc, and the other one exists in /var/spool/hylafax/log.
>
> In the first one there are only entries that have "UNSENT" and "SUBMIT"
> in the second field, all others go to the second file.
>
> Using "grep" at the source code (version 5.2.7) I only find one place
> where xferlog is to be placed:
>
> hylafax-5.2.7 # grep -i "xferlog" *
> config.h:#define        FAX_XFERLOG     FAX_ETCDIR "/xferfaxlog"
> config.h.in:#define     FAX_XFERLOG     FAX_ETCDIR "/xferfaxlog"
>
> Is it possible that the second xferlog is written by capifax?
>   

I suppose that's possible, because HylaFAX only works with the one in /etc/.

> If there really have to be two files: can I concat the contents of the
> two files into one file and use a link, so that only one file is being
> used after all?

I don't know.  Possibly.  You're talking about merging the log files 
from two different softwares and hoping that the softwares will work 
compatibly with data from the other.  Impossible to say, really, unless 
at least one of the softwares intends that to be the case.

Thanks,

Lee.


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