Re: [Design] plutostderrlog=

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>>>>> "D" == D Hugh Redelmeier <hugh@mimosa.com> writes:

    D> [This is implemented in _plutorun.]

    D> Sure.

    D> I would then recommend that the file be emptied before the "restart
    D> pluto if it dies" loop.  There is evan a convenient place: where the flag
    D> is added to popts.  Could even diagnose a failure to write at this
    D> point.

  I don't think that I want to empty it, is the point.   Yes, we could test it, and note the start time, etc. and do a write check.

    D> | Secondly, I was thinking of a config setup option called:
    D> | 	  plutoonce=once
    D> | 
    D> | which will cause the "restart pluto if it dies" loop to run
    D> | only once. This makes it much easier to track problems.

    D> Sure. restartplutooncrash=[true/false] would be a better notation.     D> Awkward but clear -- reasonable for a rarely used option.

  restartplutooncrash it is.

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