[Debian-med-packaging] Handling of /dev/null log file in Core Wrapper

[Laszlo Kajan]

Dear Vladimir!

I am using the Python Core Wrapper now with success. It is a great tool, thank you very much for providing it.

I have noticed that 0-size log files named like '<input-file>-parser.log' are generated and deleted during parsing. I would like to not create a
log file at all, and the only way I found (from Python) to do this is to give '/dev/null' as the log file, and apply this patch to the shared
library:

--- a/cif-parser/include/CifParserBase.h
+++ b/cif-parser/include/CifParserBase.h
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@
         **  \param[in] fileName - relative or absolute name of the CIF file
         **    that is to be parsed.
         **  \param[in] parseLogFileName - relative or absolute name of the file
-        **    where parsing log is to be stored.
+        **    where parsing log is to be stored. Defaults to
+        **    "<input-file>-parser.log" if left empty.
+        **    Use "/dev/null" to disable logging.
         **  \param[out] diagnostics - parsing result. If empty, parsing
         **    completed with no warnings or errors. If non-empty, there were
         **    parsing warnings and/or parsing errors.
--- a/cif-parser/src/CifParserBase.C
+++ b/cif-parser/src/CifParserBase.C
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     if (RcsbFile::IsEmpty(log))
     {
         log.close();
-        RcsbFile::Delete(logFileName);
+        if( logFileName != "/dev/null" ) RcsbFile::Delete(logFileName);
     }
     else
     {

As you see, I simply make it not attempt to remove /dev/null.

Best regards,

Laszlo Kajan
Rost Lab
Debian Maintainer