sipp changes working dir if script specified with path

[sergey-safarov]

I want place sipp log files (used -trace_err -trace_screen option) in directory /var/log/sipp.
Do to this is executed

[root@Nieblestim_RS02 sipp]# cd /var/log/sipp/
[root@Nieblestim_RS02 sipp]# pwd
/var/log/sipp
[root@Nieblestim_RS02 sipp]# rm -f /etc/sipp/*.log
[root@Nieblestim_RS02 sipp]# ls -l /etc/sipp/
total 24
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5224 May 21 19:12 3pcc-C-A.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5045 May 21 19:12 3pcc-C-B.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   80 May 21 06:08 data.csv
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   53 May 21 14:43 env
[root@Nieblestim_RS02 sipp]# sipp -sf /etc/sipp/3pcc-C-A.xml \
                                  -3pcc localhost:7770 \
                                  -r 1 \
                                  -m 1 \
                                  -s 3444333 \
                                  -p 15083 \
                                  -trace_err \
                                  -trace_screen \
                                  -i 103.24.157.134 \
                                  103.24.157.134:15080

After script start i can see logs in /etc/sipp folder.

[root@Nieblestim_RS02 sipp]# ls -l /etc/sipp
total 28
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  167 May 22 09:09 3pcc-C-A_183242_errors.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 May 22 09:09 3pcc-C-A_183242_screen.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5224 May 21 19:12 3pcc-C-A.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5045 May 21 19:12 3pcc-C-B.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   80 May 21 06:08 data.csv
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   53 May 21 14:43 env
[root@Nieblestim_RS02 sipp]# 

Could sipp not change current dir when accessed script files.

[wdoekes]

Well...

it's not a chdir thing, but a scenario_file thing:

static void rotatef(struct logfile_info* lfi)
{
    char L_rotate_file_name [MAX_PATH];

    if (!lfi->fixedname) {
        sprintf (lfi->file_name, "%s_%ld_%s.log", scenario_file, (long) getpid(), lfi->name);
    }

In your case scenario_file is not 3pcc-C-A, but /etc/sipp/3pcc-C-A, so the log files go there too.

Not sure if we want to change this behaviour.

[wdoekes]

(OTOH, if we want to change it, now is the time.)

[sergey-safarov]

i checked current master.
Now logs created in current directory.

[wdoekes]

Happy?

[sergey-safarov]

yes.
Thanks you Walter @wdoekes

[rysj]

This change broke large automated system that expects the sipp log files to be placed in scenario folders.

[sergey-safarov]

You can add automated system command like

cd ${sipp_log_files_folder}

And then start sipp.

can you change large automated system script?

[sergey-safarov]

Another option you can use sipp 3.5.