SnoopDOS with Output File Limit

tygre · 20 June 2011, 18:23

Dear all!

My Amiga freezes regularly and, although I have my idea of the culprit

, I would like to actually understand what is happening... So, I installed MuLib to monitor address faults (using MuForce) and would like to use SnoopDOS to monitor, well, all the rest

My problem is that I cannot tell SnoopDOS to keep an output file of a limited size, so after a short while, it just fills up my RAM disk with its log

Does anyone knows how to limit SnoopDOS size or of any other tool that could do the same but with file output limitation?

I am currently considering adding a CRON task that would erase SnoopDOS log file every minutes

Thanks!
Yann

thomas · 20 June 2011, 18:44

Write the log to harddrive.

With PFS3 you can have a special type of file (it's called rollover file IIRC) with a limited size. The beginning is automatically cut off while you write to the end. Ideal for your purpose.

tygre · 20 June 2011, 20:42

Thanks a lot Thomas!

I don't want to write on the hard disk because my Amiga freezes and I don't know what it would do to the disk validation... I didn't know about PFS3 and rollover files, I am going to investigate that!

Cheers!
Yann

tygre · 20 June 2011, 22:09

I found a version of PFS3 on Aminet, v5.3, which seems different to the one advertised on the Web...

So, because I wasn't sure, I also look on Aminet and found several "log file managers"... I think that one of them (maybe Lumberjack or LogSizer) with EZCron will do the trick

... I'll keep you posted!

Cheers!
Yann

tygre · 12 December 2015, 02:48

Hi all!

I ended up using GenTMP (from Aminet, but currently down

) and the following script line:

Rename <>NIL: Logs:THTTPd.log Archives:Logs/THTTPd.`C:GenTMP`.log

Much simpler

Cheers!

daxb · 12 December 2015, 12:22

Beside MuForce do you run MuGuardianAngel too? Of did you found the freeze causer already?

If you write a log to RAM it is lost after freeze. Do you use a RAD to solve that?

I guess you know it already but you can config SnoopDOS to what it shall log and what not. Including tasks.

tygre · 12 December 2015, 16:54

Hi daxb!

It seems that the freeze was due to my using THTTPd with an "incompatible" version of the ixemul.library. I now use v63.1 (size: 303,612 bytes) and everything is running okay!

(By okay, I mean that, once a week, my computer reboots but that's caused by THTTPd + ixemul.library and all the memory being used up...)

Cheers!

20 June 2011, 18:23	#1
tygre Returning fan! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada Posts: 1,434	SnoopDOS with Output File Limit Dear all! My Amiga freezes regularly and, although I have my idea of the culprit , I would like to actually understand what is happening... So, I installed MuLib to monitor address faults (using MuForce) and would like to use SnoopDOS to monitor, well, all the rest My problem is that I cannot tell SnoopDOS to keep an output file of a limited size, so after a short while, it just fills up my RAM disk with its log Does anyone knows how to limit SnoopDOS size or of any other tool that could do the same but with file output limitation? I am currently considering adding a CRON task that would erase SnoopDOS log file every minutes Thanks! Yann

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20 June 2011, 18:44	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	Write the log to harddrive. With PFS3 you can have a special type of file (it's called rollover file IIRC) with a limited size. The beginning is automatically cut off while you write to the end. Ideal for your purpose.

20 June 2011, 20:42	#3
tygre Returning fan! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada Posts: 1,434	Thanks a lot Thomas! I don't want to write on the hard disk because my Amiga freezes and I don't know what it would do to the disk validation... I didn't know about PFS3 and rollover files, I am going to investigate that! Cheers! Yann

20 June 2011, 22:09	#4
tygre Returning fan! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada Posts: 1,434	I found a version of PFS3 on Aminet, v5.3, which seems different to the one advertised on the Web... So, because I wasn't sure, I also look on Aminet and found several "log file managers"... I think that one of them (maybe Lumberjack or LogSizer) with EZCron will do the trick ... I'll keep you posted! Cheers! Yann

12 December 2015, 02:48	#5
tygre Returning fan! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada Posts: 1,434	Hi all! I ended up using GenTMP (from Aminet, but currently down ) and the following script line: Rename <>NIL: Logs:THTTPd.log Archives:Logs/THTTPd.`C:GenTMP`.log Much simpler Cheers!

12 December 2015, 12:22	#6
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,303	Beside MuForce do you run MuGuardianAngel too? Of did you found the freeze causer already? If you write a log to RAM it is lost after freeze. Do you use a RAD to solve that? I guess you know it already but you can config SnoopDOS to what it shall log and what not. Including tasks.

12 December 2015, 16:54	#7
tygre Returning fan! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada Posts: 1,434	Hi daxb! It seems that the freeze was due to my using THTTPd with an "incompatible" version of the ixemul.library. I now use v63.1 (size: 303,612 bytes) and everything is running okay! (By okay, I mean that, once a week, my computer reboots but that's caused by THTTPd + ixemul.library and all the memory being used up...) Cheers!

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