On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 12:55:03PM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> So it is possible to do this in other ways but I thought it might be
> interesting to allow people to define fifo or pipe as a
> log_desination. This would allow a person to tail the fifo to
> receive the outputs of the log as it happens but would not take up
> precious IO or space from the disk. I personally have found this
> valuable when diagnosing immediate unexpected problems. It would
> also work on Windows.
I've often wanted this feature, and it's a pleasant surprise (at least
to me) that Windows has the underlying capability.
Cheers,
David.
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