[mythtv-users] --logfile vs. --logpath

Jim Stichnoth stichnot at gmail.com
Sun May 20 02:22:25 UTC 2012


On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 6:05 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
> I still have to learn how
> to handle the spew of files which the new methodology produces. I don't mind
> one file per process/subprocess. I just don't find the present method
> particularly usable due to the fact that I have to open and look at so many
> files to find anything. And what I presently see is not too useful to me.
> That may be that I have the error level turned up too high, so I don't see
> the 'normal' reporting I am used to.

I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but what I do is run both syslog
and logpath at the same time.  That way, I get a nice predictable
syslog file location that is suitable for most cases, but if I want
more detail or more accurate timestamps, I can track down the specific
logpath file to view.

Jim


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