>> IF time expired
>> AND stat shows that the filke has moved
>> AND open of the file works
>> THEN replace the old fd with the new
> I'm inclined now to think that this is overkill, and one should simply do
> IF stat shows file has moved
> AND open of the file works
> THEN replace old with new
> then we don't have to choose a default time or have a means of changing it.
I PROPOSE:
we have a new parameter keep_log_open which defaults to 0 seconds.
If set to -1, no checks are ever made (code ASIS).
If set to 0, don't check the time, just do a stat (as you want above).
Otherwise, check if time expired.
