On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Michael Renzmann wrote:

Hi James.

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Where should I look to find the code that forks bird into the background on startup? I don't want it to fork. Instead I want to fork it into the background myself from another program. Already tried the "-d" parameter? Well, that would work but I don't want lots of debug messages. Do they all come out only on the console, or does this cause debugging info to be written to the syslog as well?

Hmm, don�t know. I�m using bird since yesterday, so I don�t have much experience with it. But you might look at the source to find the code that processes the "-d" command line switch. Add another switch that does nearly the same, but leaves out the toggle for debug messages. I don�t have the source right now (and I�m at home at a windows pc), else I could send you a small piece of source that would achieve what you want.

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If this option only writes to the console then that's fine, I can redirect it to /dev/null. If it writes debugging stuff to the syslog too then that's no good -- I'll choke my logs up with stuff that I don't always need.

Just try it and you will see if it also writes lots of debug messages to the syslog. :)

So far I haven't had any problems with extra debug messages other than the ones configurable via the conf file and birdc. Not exactly sure what to expect though, and I haven't had the time to examine the source closely for what I want. Right now I'm having problems with RIP, but I'm betting that it's my fault and I've misconfigured things again. Maybe I should actually sit down and RTFM... :) If I do find what I want and need to hack on the code I'll be sure to send a patch to the list. 'james -- James A. Crippen <james@unlambda.com> ,-./-. Anchorage, Alaska, Lambda Unlimited: Recursion 'R' Us | |/ | USA, 61.2069 N, 149.766 W, Y = \f.(\x.f(xx)) (\x.f(xx)) | |\ | Earth, Sol System, Y(F) = F(Y(F)) \_,-_/ Milky Way.