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getCmdLineOpts returns boolean values as strings for options that come from a config file

    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Icon: Minor - P4 Minor - P4
    • 2.5.3
    • Affects Version/s: 2.4.6
    • Component/s: None
    • None
    • Environment:
      Mac OS X 10.8.5
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      1. Create a mongod config file with some boolean options
      2. Start the mongod using the config file
      3. Connect to the mongod and run getCmdLineOpts

      In the "parsed" section of its response, getCmdLineOpts returns boolean values as strings for options that come from a config file. Take the following as an example.

      When specifying all options on the command line, getCmdLineOpts properly reports boolean options to have boolean values:

      $ mongod --dbpath=/tmp/mongodb --nojournal --noprealloc --oplogSize=64 --port=9001 --smallfiles --fork --logpath=/tmp/mongodb.log
      note: noprealloc may hurt performance in many applications
      about to fork child process, waiting until server is ready for connections.
      forked process: 53615
      all output going to: /tmp/mongodb.log
      child process started successfully, parent exiting
      $ mongo localhost:9001
      MongoDB shell version: 2.4.6
      connecting to: localhost:9001/test
      Server has startup warnings: 
      Wed Oct  2 16:38:32.307 [initandlisten] 
      Wed Oct  2 16:38:32.307 [initandlisten] ** WARNING: soft rlimits too low. Number of files is 256, should be at least 1000
      > use admin
      switched to db admin
      > db.admin.runCommand({getCmdLineOpts: 1})
      {
      	"argv" : [
      		"mongod",
      		"--dbpath=/tmp/mongodb",
      		"--nojournal",
      		"--noprealloc",
      		"--oplogSize=64",
      		"--port=9001",
      		"--smallfiles",
      		"--fork",
      		"--logpath=/tmp/mongodb.log"
      	],
      	"parsed" : {
      		"dbpath" : "/tmp/mongodb",
      		"fork" : true,
      		"logpath" : "/tmp/mongodb.log",
      		"nojournal" : true,
      		"noprealloc" : true,
      		"oplogSize" : 64,
      		"port" : 9001,
      		"smallfiles" : true
      	},
      	"ok" : 1
      }
      > 
      

      But when started with a config file, the boolean options that come from the config file are reported to have a string values:

      $ cat /tmp/mongod.conf 
      dbpath = /tmp/mongodb
      nojournal = true
      noprealloc = true
      oplogSize = 64
      port = 9001
      smallfiles = true
      logpath = /tmp/mongod.log
      $ mongod --fork -f /tmp/mongod.conf 
      note: noprealloc may hurt performance in many applications
      about to fork child process, waiting until server is ready for connections.
      forked process: 54279
      all output going to: /tmp/mongod.log
      child process started successfully, parent exiting
      $ mongo localhost:9001
      MongoDB shell version: 2.4.6
      connecting to: localhost:9001/test
      Server has startup warnings: 
      Wed Oct  2 16:44:39.921 [initandlisten] 
      Wed Oct  2 16:44:39.921 [initandlisten] ** WARNING: soft rlimits too low. Number of files is 256, should be at least 1000
      > use admin
      switched to db admin
      > db.admin.runCommand({getCmdLineOpts: 1})
      {
      	"argv" : [
      		"mongod",
      		"--fork",
      		"-f",
      		"/tmp/mongod.conf"
      	],
      	"parsed" : {
      		"config" : "/tmp/mongod.conf",
      		"dbpath" : "/tmp/mongodb",
      		"fork" : true,
      		"logpath" : "/tmp/mongod.log",
      		"nojournal" : "true",
      		"noprealloc" : "true",
      		"oplogSize" : 64,
      		"port" : 9001,
      		"smallfiles" : "true"
      	},
      	"ok" : 1
      }
      > 
      

      Mongo correctly returns integer values as integers, even when specified via a config file. It's just boolean values that it appears to return as strings.

      Note that this bug is also apparent in the example given for getCmdLineOpts at http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/command/getCmdLineOpts/

            Assignee:
            sverch Shaun Verch
            Reporter:
            tim.olsen@mongodb.com Timothy Olsen (Inactive)
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