[HECnet] VMS question

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2015-08-10 16:55, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote:
> Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>
>> Well, if I wanted then, even easier is to just set a version limit on=20
>> the files. :-)
>
> Both your solution (version limits) and the periodic batch job purge will
> not stop the unnecessary log file I/O, and both add to disk I/O and file
> system activity.  If this is a known problem with V5.1 and it's fixed in
> V5.3, I'd suggest that you obtain that patch/version/eco and install it.
> I, personally, loathe solutions to problems that elicit other problems or
> increase resource loads.

Agree. But besides, I do not (so far) have excessive number of 
generations of log files in the first place. I just felt that if I 
wanted to keep the number of kept generations low, I would just put a 
limit on them instead of having a batch job run regularly that did a 
purge...

But the known problem in 5.1 that I was referring to was the total 
failure of the telnet daemon, by which is just spews 0xff after 
something manages to corrupt it. I also have a full disk, which I yet do 
now know for sure why.

> FYI, eventually, your version limit solution will require intervention as
> you inevitably crash and burn when you hit ;32,767.

That is also true.

	Johnny

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