[PATCH] - Adding timestamps to terminal output

[Adam Lackorzynski]

Hi,

On Sat Feb 19, 2011 at 15:48:41 +0000, Mark Einon wrote:
> On 19 February 2011 14:03, Adam Lackorzynski <adam at os.inf.tu-dresden.de> wrote:
> > I applied it and further modified it. I like it more when the timestamp
> > always prepends each line. What do you think?
> 
> I did consider that approach, and it isn't hard to change to use it,
> or even make it configurable. I decided against it because:
> 
> 1. The log files produced are greatly increased in size (especially
> for an overnight run).
> 2. Terminals that have limited width (e.g 80 lines) get wrapped /
> truncated lines more often
> 3. Each line printed would go through the process of formatting the
> timestamp, which may cause issues on slower machines - although
> thinking about it again, you only have to format the timestamp string
> when the time changes, so this can be mitigated.

Ok. So I made the timestamping a three value thing now, adding a 'once
per second' choice. That should cover both options.



Adam
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