[PATCH] - Adding timestamps to terminal output

[Mark Einon]

On 20 February 2011 11:38, Adam Lackorzynski <adam at os.inf.tu-dresden.de> wrote:
> 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.

Great, seems to work well. I've attached a patch to change the help
string from 'on/off' to 'toggle' which is more accurate. It's not
totally transparent what it does, but it suffices...

Cheers,

   Mark
>
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>
> Adam
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