BackyardEOS-log4net.txt showing up in C:\Temp directory

[gmartin02]

Hi Guylain,

 

I recently rebuilt my laptop, and have just installed BYE V3.1.7.

 

I noticed that I am getting the log file named "BackyardEOS-log4net.txt" in C:\Temp each time I start BYE.

 

Note: When I installed BYE, I ran the setup-BackyardEOS-v317.exe installer from C:\Temp, so maybe that is where the app decided to create the log?

 

I did not see any place in the GUI to change this location, but I did notice this path in the BinaryRivers.BackyardEOS.Start.Camera1.exe.config file:

 

initializeData="C:\temp\BackyardEOS-log4net.txt"

 

 

Question: Is it OK if I edit the BinaryRivers.BackyardEOS.Start.Camera1.exe.config file to look like this instead?

 

initializeData="C:\Users\Greg\Pictures\BackyardTEMP\BackyardEOS-log4net.txt"

 

 

P.S. I did edit the file, and am now getting the BackyardEOS-log4net.txt in my preferred directory - I just want to make sure my new setup will not cause any problems.

 

Thanks,

Greg

[astroman133]

I have the same file in the same folder. It appears that a new file is NOT created each time BYE is started. Rather the existing file is appended to. The file on my system was about 3MB in size and contained log entries that were years old (back to BYE V2).

[admin]

You can disable it in Settings -> Advance Settings.  Just uncheck the log4net checkbox in experimental settings.

[astroman133]

I have never checked the the log4net option, but the file is still being created and entries are written to it. As far as I could tell, it has always been that way.

[admin]

Yes, it's been like that since day 1.  This is there in case the actual logger fails and no log files are created.  In this case, since no log files are created I have no means of debugging.  Log4Net is what I use for logging and this generic Log4Net log files allows me to troubleshoot the logging system in the event it fails.

 

I was hoping that unchecking this flag would not have this log file created... but it looks like Log4Net still creates it... but with less stuff in it.  As you said in an earlier post, this file is small even after several years of uses.

 

Regards,

[admin]

Question: Is it OK if I edit the BinaryRivers.BackyardEOS.Start.Camera1.exe.config file to look like this instead?

 

initializeData="C:\Users\Greg\Pictures\BackyardTEMP\BackyardEOS-log4net.txt"

 

 

P.S. I did edit the file, and am now getting the BackyardEOS-log4net.txt in my preferred directory - I just want to make sure my new setup will not cause any problems.

 

Thanks,

Greg

 

Yes, that should work. 

[gmartin02]

Thanks!