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The log file contains all the actions of the ecFlow server and shows information such as the halt, shutdown, etc. It is a pure text file and can easily be processed by other programs. For example, ecflow_ui uses this file to show the timeline window.
The syntax of the log file is fairly simple. For each action in ecFlow, a line is output.
The format is as follows:
XXX:[HH:MM:SS D.M.YYYY] command:fullname [+additional information]
Where XXX is one of the symbols in the above table. The timestamp inside [] is the system time, not the suite time, which may differ.
Note: that user commands often generate both MSG and LOG level messages. MSG is the command executed and LOG is the effect it had on the node or nodes.
Note: The log file is not removed so it needs to be managed. We tend to compress and archive our log files each day using an ecFlow controlled script.
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