[ntp:hackers] Statsdir behavior
Heiko Gerstung
heiko.gerstung at meinberg.de
Wed Dec 21 13:55:53 UTC 2005
David J Taylor wrote:
> Yes, I'm sure that most users want to specify a directory. All I meant
> by "add a trailing backslash" was internally within the program.
> Externally it stays as "C:\temp" but internally, if C:\temp\ exists, the
> C:\temp is assumed to mean C:\temp\. The configuration file is not
> altered.
Oh, I see. Then we fully agree on this :-)
> I don't run UNIX so I don't know how the UNIX variant of NTP interprets
> X:/tmp versus X:/tmp/. If there is a pre-defined behaviour, we should
> check that before doing what I suggest for Windows. Or perhaps the UNIX
> variant should behave the same way as I suggest for Windows. I'm
> looking for UNIX user comments here.
We are currently testing this under Linux, but I expect that there will
be a similiar behavior (e.g. when you specify "statsdir /etc" it will
create a loopstats file as "/etcloopstats.20051220").
> I do basically completely agree that if C:\stats\ exists, and the user
> only specifies C:\stats, then C:\stats\ should be assumed.
Rrrrright :-)
Kind regards,
Heiko
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