- improvements in logger mechanism

logger.c

@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ int LoggerWrite0(Logger * log, time_t now, int period, char *value)
   FILE *fil;
   time_t beforenow;
 
+  if (log->name[0] == '\0')
+    return 0;
   LoggerGetDir();
   if (dir == NULL)
     return 0;
@@ -250,8 +252,10 @@ int LoggerWrite(Logger * log, time_t now, int period, char *value)
   char path[256];
   char tim[256];
 
+  if (log->name[0] == '\0')
+    return 0;
   tm = localtime(&now);
-  if (tm->tm_yday != yday) {
+  if (tm->tm_yday != yday) { /* new day */
     tm->tm_hour = 0;
     tm->tm_min = 0;
     tm->tm_sec = 0;
@@ -291,7 +295,7 @@ int LoggerWrite(Logger * log, time_t now, int period, char *value)
   }
   if (now < log->last + log->period && strcmp(log->old, value) != 0) {
     log->omitValue = strtod(value, &valp);
-    if (value != valp) {
+    if (value != valp && valp[0] == '\0') { /* value was a plain number */
       log->omitTime = now;
       return 1;
     }
@@ -327,11 +331,40 @@ int LoggerPeriod(Logger * log)
 }
 
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-void LoggerSetPeriod(Logger * log, int period)
+void LoggerChange(Logger * log, int period, char *newname)
 {
+  Logger *other;
+  time_t t;
+  
+  if (period < 0) {
+    period = log->period;
+  }
+  if (strcasecmp(newname, log->name) != 0) {
+    if (log->name[0] != '\0') { /* was not defunct */
+      LoggerWrite0(log, time(NULL), log->period, log->old);
+      LoggerWrite0(log, time(NULL), log->period, "");
+    }
+    
+    other = LoggerFind(newname);       /* look if logger with new name already exists */
+    if (other) {
+      /* make defunct */
+      LoggerWrite0(other, time(NULL), other->period, other->old);
+      LoggerWrite0(other, time(NULL), other->period, "");
+      other->name[0] = '\0';
+    }
+    free(log->name);
+    log->name = strdup(newname);
+    t = time(NULL) - 1;
+    if (lastLife != 0 && lastLife + period < t) {
+      t = lastLife + period;
+    }
+    LoggerWrite(log, t, period, "");    /* value was undefined since last life of server */
+  } else {
     LoggerWrite0(log, time(NULL), period, log->old);
   }
   
+}
+
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 void LoggerKill(Logger * log)
 {
@@ -424,7 +457,7 @@ Logger *LoggerMake(char *name, int period, int exact)
     }
     LoggerWrite(log, t, period, "");    /* value was undefined since last life of server */
   } else {
-    LoggerSetPeriod(log, period);
+    LoggerWrite0(log, time(NULL), period, log->old);
   }
   return log;
 }

logreader.c

@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ static int LogReader(SConnection * pCon, SicsInterp * pSics, void *pData,
   int idir;
   char *colon;
 
+
   /* argtolower(argc, argv); */
   if (argc < 4)
     goto illarg;

logsetup.c

@@ -32,9 +32,13 @@ static hdbCallbackReturn LoggerUpdateCallback(pHdb node,
 
   time(&now);
   if (now > LoggerLastTime(logger)) { /* never write more than once per second */
+    if (GetHdbProp(node, "geterror") == NULL) {
       str = formatValue(value, node);
       LoggerWrite(logger, time(NULL), LoggerPeriod(logger), GetCharArray(str));
       DeleteDynString(str);
+    } else {
+      LoggerWrite(logger, time(NULL), LoggerPeriod(logger), "");
+    }
   }
   return hdbContinue;
 }
@@ -110,8 +114,8 @@ static int LogSetup(SConnection * pCon, SicsInterp * pSics, void *pData,
     }
     period = atoi(argv[2]);
   }
-  if (logger != 0) {            /* logger exists already, changed only period */
-    LoggerSetPeriod(logger, period);
+  if (logger != 0) {            /* logger exists already */
+    LoggerChange(logger, period, name);
   } else {
     logger = LoggerMake(name, period, !numeric);
     LoggerSetNumeric(logger, numeric);