| Message ID | 1448992529-7224-1-git-send-email-blp@ovn.org |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
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On 1 December 2015 at 09:55, Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> wrote: > Reported-by: "P.R.Dinesh" <pr.dinesh@gmail.com> > Reported-at: > http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-December/019567.html > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> > Acked-by: Gurucharan Shetty <guru@ovn.org> > --- > lib/daemon.man | 11 +++++++---- > lib/vlog.man | 4 +++- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/lib/daemon.man b/lib/daemon.man > index ff0b157..78469cd 100644 > --- a/lib/daemon.man > +++ b/lib/daemon.man > @@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ overwrite the pidfile. > .IP > When \fB\-\-pidfile\fR is not specified, this option has no effect. > . > -.TP > -\fB\-\-detach\fR > -Causes \fB\*(PN\fR to detach itself from the foreground session and > -run as a background process. \*(DD > +.IP \fB\-\-detach\fR > +Runs \fB\*(PN\fR as a background process. The process forks, and in > +the child it starts a new session, closes the standard file > +descriptors (which has the side effect of disabling logging to the > +console), and changes its current directory to the root (unless > +\fB\-\-no\-chdir\fR is specified). After the child completes its > +initialization, the parent exits. \*(DD > . > .TP > \fB\-\-monitor\fR > diff --git a/lib/vlog.man b/lib/vlog.man > index 6994eec..674528d 100644 > --- a/lib/vlog.man > +++ b/lib/vlog.man > @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ module. > .IP \(bu > \fBsyslog\fR, \fBconsole\fR, or \fBfile\fR, to limit the log level > change to only to the system log, to the console, or to a file, > -respectively. > +respectively. (If \fB\-\-detach\fR is specified, \fB\*(PN\fR closes > +its standard file descriptors, so logging to the console will have no > +effect.) > .IP > On Windows platform, \fBsyslog\fR is accepted as a word and is only > useful along with the \fB\-\-syslog\-target\fR option (the word has no > -- > 2.1.3 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev >
On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 10:05:58AM -0800, Guru Shetty wrote: > On 1 December 2015 at 09:55, Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> wrote: > > > Reported-by: "P.R.Dinesh" <pr.dinesh@gmail.com> > > Reported-at: > > http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-December/019567.html > > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> > > > Acked-by: Gurucharan Shetty <guru@ovn.org> Thanks Guru, I applied this to master.
diff --git a/lib/daemon.man b/lib/daemon.man index ff0b157..78469cd 100644 --- a/lib/daemon.man +++ b/lib/daemon.man @@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ overwrite the pidfile. .IP When \fB\-\-pidfile\fR is not specified, this option has no effect. . -.TP -\fB\-\-detach\fR -Causes \fB\*(PN\fR to detach itself from the foreground session and -run as a background process. \*(DD +.IP \fB\-\-detach\fR +Runs \fB\*(PN\fR as a background process. The process forks, and in +the child it starts a new session, closes the standard file +descriptors (which has the side effect of disabling logging to the +console), and changes its current directory to the root (unless +\fB\-\-no\-chdir\fR is specified). After the child completes its +initialization, the parent exits. \*(DD . .TP \fB\-\-monitor\fR diff --git a/lib/vlog.man b/lib/vlog.man index 6994eec..674528d 100644 --- a/lib/vlog.man +++ b/lib/vlog.man @@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ module. .IP \(bu \fBsyslog\fR, \fBconsole\fR, or \fBfile\fR, to limit the log level change to only to the system log, to the console, or to a file, -respectively. +respectively. (If \fB\-\-detach\fR is specified, \fB\*(PN\fR closes +its standard file descriptors, so logging to the console will have no +effect.) .IP On Windows platform, \fBsyslog\fR is accepted as a word and is only useful along with the \fB\-\-syslog\-target\fR option (the word has no
Reported-by: "P.R.Dinesh" <pr.dinesh@gmail.com> Reported-at: http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-December/019567.html Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> --- lib/daemon.man | 11 +++++++---- lib/vlog.man | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)