[cod] server log (has to be a bug)

[Henri Mecklin // Coixi]

I reported about this yesterday, this is how the bug works and how you 
can tempfix it:

I start my server using these in cmdline:

g_log "games_mp.log"
g_logSync "1"
logfile "1"

When the server starts, it writes first lines to games_mp.log and 
console_mp_server.log. Immediately after start, server changes g_log to 
"000000<x>.log" where 'x' is random number i've yet not discovered how 
it's decided. Anyway, when you first start the server, 'logs' folder 
will NOT be created. Server creates the 'logs/000000<x>.log' after a 
mapchange (timelimit hit, map_rotate, map mp_*)

So here is how you can tempfix it:

After you start your server, write to console or via rcon 'g_log 
<desired_logname.log>' and the server will keep logging to your own 
logfile after mapchange, not to '000000<x>.log'. You only have to do 
this once after server start. g_log value will not change automatically 
anymore until you restart your server.

 - Coixi

Cpt. Kirk wrote:
> John Kennington schrieb:
>> Who came up with the idea of saving the game log in /main/logs and 
>> automatically incrementing the log number?  Who did that?  I want to 
>> meet them so I can beat them with a stick.  This is not workable at 
>> all.  This needs fixing post haste.
>>
>>
> :-D
> Visit IW.
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