[OpenSIPS-Users] Flatstore files missing calls

[Vic Jolin]

If you rotate before moving or renaming you might have an issue.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020, 10:48 PM Saint Michael, <venefax at gmail.com> wrote:

> But I move the file to another box, via an NFS mount.
> That's why my approach is better. I build a list of files, rotate, and
> then move the files across the Internet.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 10:32 AM Liviu Chircu <liviu at opensips.org> wrote:
>
>> On 02.10.2020 17:23, Saint Michael wrote:
>>
>> the order of actions seems to be problematic. what if I issue a rename,
>> move command, and opensips is actually at the same time writing to the file?
>>
>> :) that is the part which confuses everyone when working with this module
>> (myself included, when I began using it).
>>
>> The answer: it simply works!  OpenSIPS will continue writing to the *moved
>> *file until you *rotate* it, as the "move" operation simply changes the
>> inode of the file (its reference, hook, pointer, etc.), without touching
>> its contents.  This seems to work well on ext filesystems, such as ext4.  I
>> have a feeling this is not the case for all filesystems, though.
>>
>> --
>> Liviu Chircuwww.twitter.com/liviuchircu | www.opensips-solutions.com
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