That works like a champ! Thanks for the info. Here is what I did to get it working for all of you that also want this.
On debian: apt-get update; apt-get install libexpect-perl cd /path/to/your/l4d/install su - gameserver-user cd bin vi logger ====Copy/Paste the following:===== #!/usr/bin/perl -w use Expect; use File::Basename; use File::Path; use strict; my $log_file = shift @ARGV; my $log_dir = dirname($log_file); mkpath($log_dir) unless -d $log_dir; my $expect = new Expect; $expect->log_file($log_file); $expect->spawn(@ARGV); $expect->expect(undef); exit($?); =====CUT===== :wq <-write and quit chmod +x logger Add the following to your startup line: -consolelog mylogname.log Start up the server. You'll see the logfile in the srcds_run directory. Enjoy! -f0rkz On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 09:39 -0800, Milton Ngan wrote: > In left4dead and left4dead2, the srcds_run wrapper supports and extra option > -consolelog. This launches a program called "logger" which is expected to be > in the bin directory of your install. I never shipped this utility since it > was something only I was using, and it will not work out of the box since it > uses a perl module that is not installed by default. But if there is a need > for that sort of thing, I can share the script with you. It is a Perl Expect > script. A simple redirection will not work because the srcds_linux writes > directly to the terminal not stdout. > > The -consolelog option isn't available in the orangebox/CS:S games, but it is > easy to add this. I have included the code for the "logger" script below. It > is a very simple wrapper. Make of it what you will. "logger" takes the path > to the console log as the first argument. The rest of the arguments are > assumed to be the command you want run. But by doing this, you are giving up > the ability to interact with the console. That shouldn't be an issue if you > have netconn or rcon setup, which is the way I interact with our servers. > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > use Expect; > use File::Basename; > use File::Path; > use strict; > > my $log_file = shift @ARGV; > my $log_dir = dirname($log_file); > mkpath($log_dir) unless -d $log_dir; > > my $expect = new Expect; > $expect->log_file($log_file); > $expect->spawn(@ARGV); > $expect->expect(undef); > exit($?); > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of f0rkz > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 7:55 AM > To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: [hlds_linux] Logging console output > > Ok. I know there is logging built into games using the Log on cvar. > What I need is the actual contents of the console captured to a log > file. I noticed srcds_run is a shell script that execs another program > so redirecting the output to a log file isn't possible. Does anyone > have any tricks or scripts to log the output of srcds_run and any of the > exec'd programs under it? > > Thanks for your help, > > f0rkz > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
