Re: [pcp] how to change the default log location of PCP_LOG_DIR=/var/log/pcp

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi William,

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> Does anyone know how I can add a new directory for PCP logs or change the

Easiest way is to just discard PCP_LOG_DIR use in the pmlogger control file,
and use the exact paths you wish to see logs created in there.

> directory for the default? Currently the default is
> PCP_LOG_DIR=/var/log/pcp. I attempted to add another section to pcp.conf
> file with a new variable and additional location. I then restarted the pmcd
> and pmlogger services but that did not fix the issue.

Yeah, that wont work because pmlogger_check(1) special-cases the translation
of PCP_LOG_DIR.  pmlogger_check is just a shell script, so quite easy to see
what its up to (it lives in $PCP_BINADM_DIR) - its _parse_control() function
is where this transformation happens, note the initial sed line there.

cheers.

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Nathan