[UPHPU] Re: Using named pipe for MySQL error log

[Richard K Miller]

On May 13, 2008, at 5:17 PM, thebigdog wrote:

>> How bad, and why?
>> Is this an acceptable solution for a development machine where  
>> convenience is more important than performance? Is there a better  
>> way to do this?
>
> I would never use a pipe for log information. if you are not reading  
> then you have no idea what is being logged...you cannot access the  
> log information over a  period of time.
>
> performance wise you might not see any on a dev machine...however,  
> perhaps you don't care about that on that machine.

In this case, I don't mind not losing the log information. I only want  
to see it when I am developing and actively watching it. When I'm not  
actively watching it, I don't want it filling my hard drive. For me  
the question is whether it introduces any side effects.