2009/12/14 Mark Brand
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>>> B) Move the log files into a separate folder and add a timestamp:
>>>
>>> usr/log-PKG -> log/PKG-`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`
>>>
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> B) Move the log files into a separate folder and add a timestamp:
>
> usr/log-PKG -> log/`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`-PKG
>
> C) Keep the download logs:
>
> log/`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`-PKG-download
I am curious about why you decided to use the timestamp as a prefix
instead of a suffix on logfiles. I think I prefer it as a suffix since
it naturally sorts and works nicely with using the TAB key to type file
names in bash. I can understand that you sometimes might want to sort
by timestamp, but "ls -t" will do that.
-Mark
I think I prefer the suffix too, for the same reasons. When I need to sort/search by date, it's typically to do a diff between builds, and a timestamped directory is easier in this case. Attached are the changes to use a suffix instead and create the directories I like to use. I've put a build- prefix on the directories, but this could be log- or nothing, and separated the date and time in timestamps.
I'm pretty sure this covers all my needs:
-preserve log files
-find log for failing pkg quickly
-compare logs for individual pkg easily
-compare build directories easily
Tony
Makefile-log-dirs.diff