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[LDM #DZH-705263]: %N

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  • Subject: [LDM #DZH-705263]: %N
  • Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:57:32 -0600
Mark,

> My LDM data feed sends the same products (with different contents) in
> such rapid succession that labeling them with timestamps to the nearest
> second is not always resolute enough.  The next update to LDM needs to
> include %N (nanoseconds) as an option for adding timestamps to arriving
> data (pqact.conf).  (See also the man page for "date" 'man date'.)

I assume that you're referring to the pqact(1) FILE action and using the 
creation-time of the data-product to construct the pathname.  Please tell me if 
this is incorrect.

String-replacement based on data-product creation-time uses the strftime(3) 
function and, unfortunately, calling that function with a "%N" conversion 
specification is non-standard and will result in undefined behavior on some 
systems.

Are the product-identifiers of the data-products in question not sufficiently 
unique that you can't create unique pathnames?

> Mark


Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DZH-705263
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed