Get rid of "blob data" events in log.

[Turranius]

Get rid of "blob data" events in log.

[deajan]

Okay... I'll probably add a --non-interactive switch for that since --errors-only does more.

[deajan]

I have no real idea what happens here. I'll get back to you tomorrow once I have setup a test machine

[Turranius]

Thanks, but this is low priority I guess. I was hoping it was a "oh just use this switch" kinda thing. No rush!

[Turranius]

Actually, I found similar issues when googling. It seems it types blob data when there are unprintable output. Using journalctl -a allows you to see what it is actually printing.
https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/216958/sql-server-logs-blob-data-viewable-with-journalctl
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=149617

Here is a snippet of journalctl -a

Nov 15 10:32:01 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------)
Nov 15 10:32:01 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 0 - Tue Nov 15 10:32:01 CET 2022 - osync 1.2 script begin.)
Nov 15 10:32:01 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------)
Nov 15 10:32:01 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 0 - Sync task [ftp_site_only] launched as root@hostname (PID 1402857))
Nov 15 10:32:01 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 0 - Checking minimum disk space in local replica [/glftpd/site/].)
Nov 15 10:32:02 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 0 - Checking minimum disk space in remote replica [/glftpd/site/].)
Nov 15 10:32:03 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 2 - Starting synchronization task.)
Nov 15 10:32:03 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 2 - Creating initiator replica file list [/glftpd/site/].)
Nov 15 10:32:03 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 2 - Creating target replica file list [/glftpd/site/].)
Nov 15 10:32:08 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT ( [-)
Nov 15 10:32:14 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU [] )
Nov 15 10:32:20 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CM [|)
Nov 15 10:32:25 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU)[/]
Nov 15 10:32:30 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT ( [)
Nov 15 10:32:35 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU [|] )
Nov 15 10:32:40 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CM [/)
Nov 15 10:32:45 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU)[-]
Nov 15 10:32:50 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT ( [|)
Nov 15 10:32:56 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU [/] )
Nov 15 10:33:01 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CM [-)
Nov 15 10:33:06 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU)[]
Nov 15 10:33:11 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT ( [/)
Nov 15 10:33:16 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU [-] )
Nov 15 10:33:21 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CM [)
Nov 15 10:33:26 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU)[|]
Nov 15 10:33:31 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT ( [-)
Nov 15 10:33:36 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU [] )
Nov 15 10:33:42 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CM [|)
Nov 15 10:33:47 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU)[/]
Nov 15 10:33:52 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT ( [)
Nov 15 10:33:57 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU [|] )
Nov 15 10:34:02 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CM [/)
Nov 15 10:34:07 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUTIME: 126 - Creating initiator replica deleted file list.)
Nov 15 10:34:07 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 126 - Creating target replica deleted file list.)
Nov 15 10:34:07 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT (TIME: 126 - Updating target replica.)
Nov 15 10:34:12 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT ( [-)
Nov 15 10:34:17 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU [] )
Nov 15 10:34:22 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CM [|)
Nov 15 10:34:27 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU)[/]
Nov 15 10:34:32 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOUT ( [)
Nov 15 10:34:37 localhost CROND[1402827]: (root) CMDOU [|] )

[deajan]

Ohh... It seems that I indeed had seen that incident before.
Run with --errors-only so the CLI spinner won't be shown, and so there will be no systemd blobs.

[deajan]

Mind to give me your systemd unit file content ?

[Turranius]

For? I'm running osync from crontab at the moment.

Thanks for -errors-only. That seems to have done the trick!

From crontab:
*/10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/osync.sh /etc/osync/ftp_no_site.conf --errors-only

[deajan]

--non-interactive option added in v1.3 final