Specifying a monitor log directory

hamzahajeir · April 3, 2023, 3:06pm

Hi there

I’ve searched for a possibility to alter the output of the serial monitor to another directory (say /logs), wherein lots of logs make noise.

I’ve read the documentations but couldn’t find a way, is there a way to achieve that?
If not, It’d be nice to add it to the IDE.

Cheers,

maxgerhardt · April 3, 2023, 3:36pm

The log2file filter’s log path is defined as

github.com

platformio/platformio-core/blob/7aaa9c028bcb1c1af650b4a81096764a1de0ac57/platformio/device/monitor/filters/log2file.py#L29-L36


      
          def __call__(self):
              log_file_name = "platformio-device-monitor-%s.log" % datetime.now().strftime(
                  "%y%m%d-%H%M%S"
              )
              print("--- Logging an output to %s" % os.path.abspath(log_file_name))
              # pylint: disable=consider-using-with
              self._log_fp = io.open(log_file_name, "w", encoding="utf-8")
              return self

so it will always log to the <current directory>/platformio-device-monitor-<data>.log file. If you want to log to a different directory, you woudl have to change <current directory> by invoking the PlatformIO monitor / run command from a different folder.

cd /logs
pio run -d <your original project path> -t monitor

For everything else, file an issue in Issues · platformio/platformio-core · GitHub.

hamzahajeir · May 25, 2023, 10:11am

Thank you @maxgerhardt, I’ve understood how it works.