From: Andre Noll <maan@tuebingen.mpg.de>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:10:05 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Allow to run in daemon mode without log file.
X-Git-Tag: v0.1.7~20
X-Git-Url: http://git.tue.mpg.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d13861de884e6d76fb854d1869e7c4373d619b6e;p=dss.git

Allow to run in daemon mode without log file.

It's kind of silly to insist in having a log file in daemon mode.

This commit removes the dependency of --daemon on --logfile and makes
/dev/null the default log file. Consequently, running dss --daemon
--run without specifying --logfile no longer fails, and nothing will
be logged by default.

The documentation is updated accordingly.
---

diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo
index 5b78dda..6ac2a39 100644
--- a/dss.ggo
+++ b/dss.ggo
@@ -38,14 +38,12 @@ option "daemon" d
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 "Run as background daemon"
 flag off
-dependon="logfile"
 details="
-	Note that dss refuses to start in daemon mode if no logfile
-	was specified. This option is mostly useful in conjunction
-	with the -R option described below.
+	This option is mostly useful in conjunction with the -R option
+	described below.
 
-	Note that it is not possible to change whether dss runs as
-	background daemon by sending SIGHUP.
+	Note that it is not possible to change whether dss runs as background
+	daemon by sending SIGHUP.
 "
 
 option "dry-run" D
@@ -77,10 +75,14 @@ option "logfile" -
 "Logfile for the dss daemon process"
 string typestr="filename"
 optional
+default="/dev/null"
 details = "
 	This option is only honored if both --run and --daemon are
-	given. Otherwise it is silently ignored and log output is
-	written to stderr.
+	given. Otherwise it is silently ignored and log output is written
+	to stderr.
+
+	The default value means that nothing will be logged in daemon mode
+	unless this option is given.
 "
 
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