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Viewing Log File Messages
 
 
 

Use the following procedure to view the contents of a log file for Smoke.

To view the contents of a log file:

  1. Change to the log directory for the application by typing:

    cd /usr/discreet/log/

  2. When you are diagnosing when and why an error occurred, it can be useful to view the names of all the log files corresponding to a given application with the date that each log file was created.

    View the log files corresponding to the application by typing:

    ls -ltr /usr/discreet/log/<application>*

    Where <application> is an application such as Smoke.

    The following is an example of feedback for Smoke.

    -rw-rw-r--1 root user 5785 Apr 5 09:52 smoke2009_detroit_app.log.4
    -rw-rw-r--1 root user 146977 Apr 5 14:54 smoke2009_detroit_app.log.3
    -rw-rw-r--1 root user 13765 Apr 7 10:15 smoke2009_detroit_app.log.2
    -rw-rw-r--1 root user 2732 Apr 8 14:59 smoke2009_detroit_app.log.1
    -rw-rw-r--1 root user 2732 Apr 8 15:54 smoke2009_detroit_app.log

    Where the _app suffix indicates the log file is an application log file. See Types of Log Files. The <number> suffix distinguishes log files for the same application.

  3. View the contents of the application log file by typing:

    kedit <application>.log.<log file number>

    Where <application> and <log file number> vary depending on the file you want to view.

    The following is an example of feedback from the Smoke2009.log.1 file.

    # Discreet smoke2009_detroit_app log file - 1.0

    # Started - (EST) Mon Apr 19 13:56:52 2009

    # Hostname - detroit

    [notice] 2246 CoMsgLogger.C:86 06/19/09:13:56:51.978 Command line: 'smoke2009_detroit_app'

    [notice] 2246 log.C:235 06/19/09:13:56:52.070 Autodesk(r) Smoke(r)

    [notice] 2246 log.C:236 06/19/09:13:56:52.070 Version 2009

    [notice] 2246 log.C:237 06/19/09:13:56:52.070 (c) Autodesk Canada Inc./Autodesk Inc., 1997-2009. All rights reserved.

    [notice] 2248 CoThreadLinux.C:145 06/19/09:13:56:52.077 Registered process 'logger'

    [notice] 2249 CoThreadLinux.C:145 06/19/09:13:56:52.084 Registered process 'Remote Command Server'

    [notice] 2246 swClient.C:147 06/19/09:13:56:52.095 Using Stone+Wire API 2009.0.

    [notice] 2246 swxStoneAdapter.C:798 06/19/09:13:56:52.220 Compatible S+W filesystem driver (1119) and S+W API (1126) versions detected.

    [notice] 2246 swxStoneAdapter.C:855 06/19/09:13:56:52.222 Compatible SWR driver (1119) and S+W API (1126) versions detected.

    [notice] 2246 SWCentralPath.C:40 06/19/09:13:56:52.222 Central path not specified.Using default: '/usr/discreet'.

    [notice] 2246 swxStandardFSAdapter.C:428 06/19/09:13:56:53.532 Using StandardFS Path /usr/discreet/clip/standardfs.links.

    Where [notice] indicates the type of log file entry. See Interpreting Application and VIC Log File Messages.