Re: [Freeipmi-devel] Feature Request for FreeIPMI SEL program

[Anand Babu]

,----[ Ian Zimmerman <address@hidden> ]
| I think this is better handled by some rotation logic in the calling
| script, especially because the --hex-dump output is not uniform (it has
| the stupid info block prefixed).  Like this:
| 
| echo -n "Capturing IPMI System Event Log ..."
| logrotate --force /etc/logrotate.d/sel
| sel >> /var/log/sel 2>&1
| sel --dump-hex=/var/log/sel.hex
| sel --delete-all
| echo "done"
| 
| I admit another reason I propose this is because --append would
| complicate the implementation.
`----
,----[ Ian Zimmerman <address@hidden> ]
| sel --hex-dump >> /var/log/sel.hex
| if really desired.
`----

--append argument sounds incorrect. Instead think with --no-header
context.

sel --hex-dump --no-header >> /var/log/sel.hex should do the job.
Otherwise upon every boot info header gets inserted into hex log.

On the other hand, with --no-header, there is no header in the hex log
at all. While reporting to the support, user has to separately include
--info output. 

I think current implementation is also OK, except that multiple info
headers gets inserted. These hex files are meant for humans only. So
no big deal. 

Preparing the release tar ball. Should happen in a hour or two.

-- 
Anand Babu
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