113935 - Linux IMAP protocol logs don't get cleared out after each run

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(NSPR :: NSPR, defect, P2)

Description

[Karen Huang]

Used 12-06-09-trunk build
Linux IMAP protocol logs don't get cleared out after each run. 
IMAP log will get generated for multiple runs whic is really annoying.

1)Setup the IMAP log for Linux (C Shell) platform as following:

Add a line to  ~/.cshrc file of the csh shell: 
Set NSPR_LOG_MODULES IMAP:5 
Set NSPR_LOG_FILE /u/[unix userlogin]/tmp/[filename] 
(filename can be defined by you) 

2)After Login to Netscape IMAP Mail for a couple times and check for the IMAP 
protocol logs
Actual Results: The IMAP protocol logs don't get cleared out after each run,  
log will get generated for multiple runs.

Expected results: The IMAP protocol logs should get cleared out after each run.

Comment 1

[Karen Huang]

Adding pp for the keywords since problem is only occurring for the Linux 
platform.
Adding nsbeta1 since from SUPPORT point of view, this should be fixed for the 
next release.

Comment 2

[Wan-Teh Chang]

Attachment: Proposed patch

Thanks for the bug report, Karen.  The fix is to
truncate the log file to zero length if it already
exists (leftover from a previous run).

Could you give this patch a try?

Do you know what other platforms don't have this
problem?  I bet Windows is the only one that is
not affected by this bug.

Comment 3

[Wan-Teh Chang]

I checked in the fix into the tip and client branch of NSPR.