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Where is my log?
Q: I followed the examples to add logr functions to my script, and I think I created a log. But I can’t find it. Where does the log go?
A: It depends on what you passed to the
file_name parameter on the log_open()
function.
If you passed nothing, the log will be created in a subdirectory named “log” in the same directory as your program, and with the program name.
If you passed a file name without a path, the log subdirectory will be created in your working directory, and the log will be named with the name you assigned it.
If you passed a full path, it will be created in the full path, but
will still be created in a subdirectory named “log” unless the
logdir parameter on log_open() is set to
FALSE.
If you still can’t find it, add the following line to your program
someplace after the call to log_open():
print(log_path())Then rerun the program. The path to the log will be printed to the console.
Note that the log_open() function also returns the path
to the log. You can save this path in a variable for easy access, like
this:
pth <- log_open()
print(pth)