[mythtv-users] MythBackend Logging

[Kirk Bocek]

On 12/14/2015 9:56 AM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 12/14/2015 11:28 AM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>> Is there anyway to disable mythbackend's creating log files by date. 
>> I'd like to go back to the CentOS/Redhad/Fedora method of having the app
>> log to a single file and then let the logrotate daemon handle 
>> rotating the files.
>
> Sounds like you/your distribution chose to use the  --logpath 
> /some/path/name
> switch when starting the backend. Use --syslog local7 (for example.)
>
> See the MythTV Logging Wiki or mythbackend --help syslog for more detail.
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Logging
>

Packages from SCRpms. Looking at /etc/rc.d/init.d/mythbackend:

OPTIONS="$OPTIONS --daemon --logpath /var/log/mythtv/ --pidfile 
/var/run/$prog.pid"

So, yeah, that's an easy change.

Many thanks.