Re: Writing to a log file without colliding

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Re^2: Writing to a log file without colliding by cgraf (Beadle) on Aug 17, 2004 at 10:22 UTC
My concern with using an exclusive lock is that the other processes needing to write will block/wait until the file becomes available, with will affect performance.	[reply]
Re^3: Writing to a log file without colliding by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Aug 17, 2004 at 10:26 UTC
There is no way around locking for a concurrently written logfile. If that is a problem, use a database. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re^4: Writing to a log file without colliding by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on Aug 17, 2004 at 11:29 UTC
here is no way around locking for a concurrently written logfile. Yes there is. If the file is opened for appending ('>>') and a single string is written using syswrite, then the string is guaranteed to be atomicly appended to the file. Well, on UNIX systems anyway. Dave.	[reply]
Re^5: Writing to a log file without colliding by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Aug 17, 2004 at 11:51 UTC
Re^6: Writing to a log file without colliding by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on Aug 17, 2004 at 12:52 UTC
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Re^5: Writing to a log file without colliding by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 17, 2004 at 13:01 UTC
Re^6: Writing to a log file without colliding (Win32 >> race) by tye (Sage) on Aug 17, 2004 at 13:38 UTC
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atomicness of syswrite? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 17, 2004 at 14:37 UTC