syslog.read() never returns on break

[shawnkirsch]

looks like 9.3.3 broke something in the syslog.read() command.

I can't ever get it to return, it just hangs.

I need this because I don't want previous syslogs, just the syslog that is from the moment that I launch it.

[shawnkirsch]

any idea if you can fix this?

[mountainstorm]

are you calling it via code or the command line? All I do is call read on the underlying socket, so if it blocks so do I. The command line tool just calls this in a loop - hence you should get all the syslog the device has available. If you want to discard previous stuff you need to read it all and discard it.

you could try calling with a smaller read size (default is 1024) and see if that helps.

It appears to be working correctly on my device - so I'll need more info on whats going on to be able to 'fix' it

[shawnkirsch]

Calling it via code. I'll check out with smaller read size. I ended up converting all the output from syslog into a date time object, and compare with current time on my system, get rid of anything that is older than the current time the test started.