RE: Log question

2013-01-31 Thread Eric Roberts
- From: Andrew Scott [mailto:andr...@andyscott.id.au] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:28 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log question If the log is deleted ColdFusion should recreate the log, for example stop ColdFusion go to the logs directory and delete them, then restart ColdFusion

Re: Log question

2013-01-31 Thread Russ Michaels
personally I find the cfadmin and navigation quite straight forward. On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: apparently, there is no way to clear the logs so you don't have to skip over many months of log entries to get where you want (which is

Re: Log question

2013-01-31 Thread Andrew Scott
: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:28 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log question If the log is deleted ColdFusion should recreate the log, for example stop ColdFusion go to the logs directory and delete them, then restart ColdFusion and the logs will be recreated. If you are wanting the log

Re: Log question

2013-01-31 Thread Adam Cameron
Ah, Russ... your response was pretty much the same as what I was gonna say. The Admin UI is fine if one pays attention (like to the messages going Are you sure you want to delete this log file?, that pop up when one opts to delete it). And I dunno how much more clear a red circle with an X on it

RE: Log question

2013-01-31 Thread Eric Roberts
the newest entry, with no way to jump to the end, that isn't very friendly. Eric -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:08 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log question personally I find the cfadmin and navigation quite straight

RE: Log question

2013-01-31 Thread Eric Roberts
The exception log had a delete button (icon) that completely deleted the log and stopped cf from recording exceptions in a log file. -Original Message- From: Andrew Scott [mailto:andr...@andyscott.id.au] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:29 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log question

Re: Log question

2013-01-31 Thread Raymond Camden
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: Ray (I presume you're reading)... this thread has good cross-over potential to that other thread I was commenting on earlier, as to why it's better to have specialist staff looking after the servers rather

RE: Log question

2013-01-31 Thread Russ Michaels
button (icon) that completely deleted the log and stopped cf from recording exceptions in a log file. -Original Message- From: Andrew Scott [mailto:andr...@andyscott.id.au] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:29 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log question No what I was referring

RE: Log question

2013-01-31 Thread Eric Roberts
difficult than installing any other software. I think setting up apache is far more difficult than cf is (most windows boxes would have IIS anyway). -Original Message- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:raymondcam...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 3:08 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log

RE: Log question

2013-01-31 Thread Eric Roberts
, January 31, 2013 3:12 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: Log question As stated by both me and adam more than once, this is not normal behaviour, the log is normally created automatically when error occurs, there is something wrong with your install or no exceptions occurred. Delete button does exactly

Re: Log question

2013-01-30 Thread Larry Lyons
How do you restore a deleted log? In an attempt to clear the exception log, I ended up deleting it (they should label those buttons better).help! [insert Delorean time machine joke here] Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf

RE: Log question

2013-01-30 Thread Eric Roberts
Gee thanks...LOL -Original Message- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:52 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log question How do you restore a deleted log? In an attempt to clear the exception log, I ended up deleting it (they should

Re: Log question

2013-01-30 Thread Byron Mann
Maybe just maybe, if you are running the service under a local user (as you should be), not System, you could log into the server as that user and see if it is in the recycle bin? Byron Mann Lead Engineer Architect HostMySite.com On Jan 28, 2013 5:32 PM, Eric Roberts

RE: Log question

2013-01-30 Thread Eric Roberts
I ended up just reinstalling cf -Original Message- From: Byron Mann [mailto:byronos...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 7:49 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log question Maybe just maybe, if you are running the service under a local user (as you should be), not System, you

Re: Log question

2013-01-30 Thread Andrew Scott
If the log is deleted ColdFusion should recreate the log, for example stop ColdFusion go to the logs directory and delete them, then restart ColdFusion and the logs will be recreated. If you are wanting the log information from inside the file then you will want an undelete tool to get the file

Re: Log question

2013-01-28 Thread Russ Michaels
If you deleted it via cfadmin then its gone, only an undelete tool may help you. Regards Russ Michaels www.michaels.me.uk www.cfmldeveloper.com - Free CFML hosting for developers www.cfsearch.com - CF search engine On Jan 28, 2013 10:32 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote:

Re: Log question

2013-01-28 Thread John M Bliss
You should be able to touch a new text file and it should just work. Just use a text editor to save a new, empty file at logs\exception.log Anyone know why that would not work? On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Eric Roberts ow...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: How do you restore a

Re: Log question

2013-01-28 Thread John M Bliss
Oh, right. What I wrote only applies if you *don't* need to undelete. On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: If you deleted it via cfadmin then its gone, only an undelete tool may help you. Regards Russ Michaels www.michaels.me.uk

Re: Log question

2013-01-28 Thread Dave Watts
How do you restore a deleted log? In an attempt to clear the exception log, I ended up deleting it (they should label those buttons better).help! [insert Delorean time machine joke here] Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf

Re: Log question

2013-01-28 Thread Russ Michaels
New logs are created automatically, making a blank file will not bring back the old one. Regards Russ Michaels www.michaels.me.uk www.cfmldeveloper.com - Free CFML hosting for developers www.cfsearch.com - CF search engine On Jan 28, 2013 10:35 PM, John M Bliss bliss.j...@gmail.com wrote: You

RE: Log question

2013-01-28 Thread Eric Roberts
I tried that...it didn't work :-( -Original Message- From: John M Bliss [mailto:bliss.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 4:35 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log question You should be able to touch a new text file and it should just work. Just use a text editor to save a new

RE: Log question

2013-01-28 Thread Eric Roberts
Even creating an error did not bring back the exception log :-( -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 4:58 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log question New logs are created automatically, making a blank file will not bring back

RE: Log question

2013-01-28 Thread Russ Michaels
...@threeravensconsulting.com wrote: Even creating an error did not bring back the exception log :-( -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 4:58 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Log question New logs are created automatically, making a blank