From 2ae50f439866009c7cb2e61bea09149a86e5eb6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Marquardt <wwwutz@molgen.mpg.de>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:19:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] remove cronolog

- remove cronolog ( use bash )
- fix typo
---
 syncthing/startstop-syncthing.sh | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/syncthing/startstop-syncthing.sh b/syncthing/startstop-syncthing.sh
index 76296b7..7d07060 100755
--- a/syncthing/startstop-syncthing.sh
+++ b/syncthing/startstop-syncthing.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -eu
 HOST=$(uname -n); HOST=${HOST%%.*}
 
 if [ ! -e "${0}.conf" ]; then
-  echo "FAIL: ${0}.conf mnissing, creating stub"
+  echo "FAIL: ${0}.conf missing, creating stub"
   set -x
   install -m 755 <( cat <<_EOC_
 # gui/synthing address
@@ -29,7 +29,23 @@ cd ${STD}
 
 CMD=/usr/bin/syncthing
 
-CRONOLOG="/usr/sbin/cronolog ${STD}/logs/syncthing-%Y-%m.log -S ${STD}/logs/syncthing.log"
+log_rotate() {
+  local logdir=${STD}/logs
+  local prefix=$1
+  local symlink="$logdir/${prefix}.log"
+  local current_log=""
+
+  mkdir -p "$logdir"
+
+  while IFS= read -r line; do
+    local logfile="$logdir/${prefix}-$(date +%Y-%m).log"
+    if [[ "$logfile" != "$current_log" ]]; then
+      current_log="$logfile"
+      ln -sf "$current_log" "$symlink"
+    fi
+    printf '%s\n' "$line" >> "$current_log"
+  done
+}
 
 case "${1:-}" in
   start)
@@ -41,7 +57,8 @@ case "${1:-}" in
         --no-upgrade \
         --gui-address=${FQDN}:${PORT} \
         --no-port-probing \
-        2>&1 |$CRONOLOG &
+        2>&1 | log_rotate syncthing &
+        # echo $! > /dev/shm/$USER/syncthing.pid
     ;;
   restart)
     $CMD cli --home=${STD} \