quickfix-developers

[Quickfix-developers] Message Logs Rotation and PersistMessages..

[Mark R. <mr...@pr...>]

Hi,

 

 

What would be the preferred way of rotating the FIX message logs in
QuickFIX?   Currently we have a situation where the message logs are
growing indefinitely and the only way to rotate them is to bring down
the application.  Is there a way of having QF open a new message log
each session?  Or is there some signal I can send to the application
that will re-open the logs?

 

On another (although related) note, why is it when I set
PersistMessages=N, the messages are still persisted... have I
misunderstood this setting?

 

 

Regards,

Mark

Re: [Quickfix-developers] Message Logs Rotation and PersistMessages..

[Jeff <jhe...@gm...>]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Mark Raynes <mr...@pr...> wrote:

> What would be the preferred way of rotating the FIX message logs in
> QuickFIX?   Currently we have a situation where the message logs are growing
> indefinitely and the only way to rotate them is to bring down the
> application.  Is there a way of having QF open a new message log each
> session?  Or is there some signal I can send to the application that will
> re-open the logs?
>

I'm about to start working this as well - rotating the logs so they don't
grow out of control.

Mark - did you figure anything out?

What are others doing?

Thanks,
Jeff

Re: [Quickfix-developers] Message Logs Rotation and PersistMessages..

[Mark R. <mr...@pr...>]

No responses as yet...   starting to lose hope!

 

________________________________

From: jhe...@gm... [mailto:jhe...@gm...] On Behalf Of Jeff
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 14:46
To: Mark Raynes
Cc: qui...@li...
Subject: Re: [Quickfix-developers] Message Logs Rotation and
PersistMessages..

 

 

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Mark Raynes <mr...@pr...>
wrote:

What would be the preferred way of rotating the FIX message logs in
QuickFIX?   Currently we have a situation where the message logs are
growing indefinitely and the only way to rotate them is to bring down
the application.  Is there a way of having QF open a new message log
each session?  Or is there some signal I can send to the application
that will re-open the logs?


I'm about to start working this as well - rotating the logs so they
don't grow out of control.

Mark - did you figure anything out?  

What are others doing?

Thanks,
Jeff

Re: [Quickfix-developers] Message Logs Rotation andPersistMessages..

[Andrew C. <And...@Tw...>]

Here is an idea that might help.
 
Create multiple sessions in your config file that start and stop the
sessions each day.
 
[SESSION]
BeginString=FIX.4.2
SenderCompID=XXXXX
TargetCompID=XXXX
UseDataDictionary=Y
DataDictionary=FIX42.xml
SessionQualifier=MONDAY
StartDay=su
StartTime=21:25:00
EndTime=21:00:00
EndDay=mo
 
[SESSION]
BeginString=FIX.4.2
SenderCompID=XXXXX
TargetCompID=XXXX
UseDataDictionary=Y
DataDictionary=FIX42.xml
SessionQualifier=TUESDAY
StartDay=mo
StartTime=21:25:00
EndTime=21:00:00
EndDay=tu

etc.
 
This will create daily log files that will not be locked/affect the current
running session
 
Create a scheduled task/job that compresses/archives the previous days files
- or do them all on a weekend.
 
 
Andrew Culross

Direct   +1 (914) 220-8849 

http://www.twofour.com/emaildisclaimer.aspx

-----Original Message-----
From: qui...@li...
[mailto:qui...@li...] On Behalf Of Mark
Raynes
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:49 AM
To: Jeff
Cc: qui...@li...
Subject: Re: [Quickfix-developers] Message Logs Rotation
andPersistMessages..



No responses as yet.   starting to lose hope!

 


  _____  


From: jhe...@gm... [mailto:jhe...@gm...] On Behalf Of Jeff
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 14:46
To: Mark Raynes
Cc: qui...@li...
Subject: Re: [Quickfix-developers] Message Logs Rotation and
PersistMessages..

 

 

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Mark Raynes <mr...@pr...> wrote:

What would be the preferred way of rotating the FIX message logs in
QuickFIX?   Currently we have a situation where the message logs are growing
indefinitely and the only way to rotate them is to bring down the
application.  Is there a way of having QF open a new message log each
session?  Or is there some signal I can send to the application that will
re-open the logs?


I'm about to start working this as well - rotating the logs so they don't
grow out of control.

Mark - did you figure anything out?  

What are others doing?

Thanks,
Jeff