Re: [PATCH 0/2] Randomize / timestamp trace2 targets
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Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
- Date
- Mar 15, 2019, 20:37 UTC
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- <20190315203704.GC47591@google.com>
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On 2019.03.14 15:34, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi Josh, > > On Wed, 13 Mar 2019, Josh Steadmon wrote: > > > Persistently enabling trace2 output is difficult because it requires > > specifying a full filename. This series teaches tr2_dst_get_trace_fd() > > to randomize filenames when a directory or filename prefix are given as > > targets in the GIT_TR2_* envvars. It also allows expansion of a > > timestamp template string into the current UTC timestamp. > > Given the problem you try to solve, would it not make more sense to use > `getnanotime()` than some randomized file name or an ISO date format?
For my specific use case, getnanotime() would probably be sufficient. However, others requested the timestamp feature before I sent this to the list. I don't know whether they had a specific use case in mind.