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

[Andre Lorbach]

Found this today by searching in my mailarchiv!
Thanks for the workaround :)!

Any update on fixing this issue? Lots of logdata gets crapped and
useless by this issue for logfile analysis.

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deltaray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henri Mecklin // Coixi [mailto:coixi at pelikaista.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 2:01 PM
> To: cod at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [cod] server log (has to be a bug)
> 
> After you start your server, check the value of g_log. If 
> (when) it's 000000<x>.log change it to 
> your_desired_logfile.log and make sure that it changes (check 
> value of g_log again). Now change map and check value of 
> g_log again. For me it stays in the value i set after server start.
> 
> What's g_log value in this point for you?
> 
>  - Coixi
> 
> John Kennington wrote:
> > Thanks Henri,
> >
> > This does not work for me for some reason.  maybe I am 
> doing it wrong.  
> > But this needs to be fixed very soon.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > Henri Mecklin // Coixi wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
>