SFSMETALOGGER(8)

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💖 SFSMETALOGGER 💖

okay bestie, so this is the sfsmetalogger(8) manual page — section 8, system admin territory, we're in our server-management era ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

sfsmetalogger — start, restart or stop the Sauna File System metalogger process. no cap, that's literally the whole job description 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

sfsmetalogger [-c CFGFILE] [-u] [-d] [-t LOCKTIMEOUT] [ACTION]

sfsmetalogger -s [-c CFGFILE]

sfsmetalogger -v

sfsmetalogger -h

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

sfsmetalogger is the metadata replication server of SaunaFS. Depending on parameters it can start, restart or stop the SaunaFS metalogger process. With no options at all it just starts the SaunaFS metalogger, and if a lock file already exists it kills the previously run process first. yes, it said what it said 💅

SIGHUP (or the reload ACTION) forces sfsmetalogger to reload all configuration files. fresh config, new me, rebrand era 🎀

  • -v — print version information and exit 👑
  • -h — print usage information and exit 🙈
  • -c CFGFILE — specify an alternative path for the configuration file (the default is sfsmetalogger.cfg in the system configuration directory)
  • -u — log undefined configuration values (i.e. when a default is being assumed). it's giving transparency ✨
  • -d — run in the foreground, don't daemonize. main character energy, no hiding in the background 😤
  • -t LOCKTIMEOUT — how long to wait for the lockfile (default is 60 seconds). patience is a virtue but it expires, fr fr

ACTION is one of start, stop, restart, reload, test, isalive or kill. The default action is restart. pick your fighter 🌈

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • sfsmetalogger.cfg — configuration file for the SaunaFS metalogger process; refer to the sfsmetalogger.cfg(5) manual for details 📖
  • sfsmetalogger.lock — PID file of the running SaunaFS metalogger process
  • .sfsmetalogger.lock — lock file of the running SaunaFS metalogger process (created in the data directory)
  • changelog_ml.*.sfs — SaunaFS filesystem metadata change logs (a backup of the master change log files)
  • metadata.ml.sfs.back — the latest copy of the complete metadata.sfs.back file from the SaunaFS master
  • sessions.ml.sfs — the latest copy of the sessions.sfs file from the SaunaFS master

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Found a bug? Report it to the GitHub repository at https://github.com/leil-io/saunafs as an issue. we're listening, we promise 🫶

Copyright 2008-2009 Gemius SA

Copyright 2013-2019 Skytechnology sp. z o.o.

Copyright 2023-2024 Leil Storage OÜ

SaunaFS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.

SaunaFS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. (yes this part is in all caps in the original too, the lawyers were yelling 💀)

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with SaunaFS. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

sfsmaster(8), sfsmetalogger.cfg(5), sfs(7)

and that's the whole page bestie, no notes, ate and left no crumbs 👑

kisses, this was the SFSMETALOGGER(8) page, dated 2026-07-29, brought to you by the SaunaFS crew — stay hydrated and keep your metadata replicated 💖✨🎀🦋🌸

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