On 09/05/2021 14:56, yonatan zaken via shifter-users wrote: > Hi All, > My platform: Linux Kubuntu 14 > xpra version: xpra v1.0.12-r19800 > > I am trying to find a way to disable the redirecting of the xpra server > output to the log file. If you run your server with "--no-daemon" then the output will just go to stdout. You can then redirect that wherever you like: nohup xpra start --start=noisycommand --no-daemon >& /dev/null &
> The application that I run via. xpra start generates large amounts of data > to stdout causing the ":1.log" file to be very large. This causes me > trouble since the /run/user is left with no space sometimes. So the problem is not caused by the xpra server but by your unspecified application. > I tried adding the following flag to the xpra.conf file: > remote-logging=no Remote logging has nothing to do with it. That's for sending the client's log messages to the server. (and in newer versions, also back the other way) > But i still see the applications output directed to the .log file. > > Any suggestions how to disable the redirecting of the applications stdout > to the log file? Why don't you just redirect the output of your noisy command? xpra start --start="bash -c 'therealcommand &> /dev/null'" You could also create a wrapper script to do the same thing: cat > /usr/bin/mycommand-wrapper << EOF #!/bin/bash mycommand $@ >& /dev/null EOF chmod +x /usr/bin/mycommand-wrapper Cheers, Antoine > > *Cheers,* > *Yonatan* > _______________________________________________ > shifter-users mailing list > shifter-users@lists.devloop.org.uk > https://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users > _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list shifter-users@lists.devloop.org.uk https://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users