Errors logged to /tmp/runcommand.log ...OK ... WHERE?

mediamogul

I would have suggested to “wait for a soul with a red crystal on Deborah Cliff”, but I didn't want to get punched.

Zigurana

I just want to add that there are a lot of error situations that actually do not result in anything being written to that particular log file.
I think it just pertains to any error that occurs during the runcommand script. Errors after that (occuring in RetroArch for instance) will not be included there.

dankcushions

@Zigurana said in Errors logged to /tmp/runcommand.log ...OK ... WHERE?:

I just want to add that there are a lot of error situations that actually do not result in anything being written to that particular log file.
I think it just pertains to any error that occurs during the runcommand script. Errors after that (occuring in RetroArch for instance) will not be included there.

sure they will :) errors handled by libretro cores are dumped to the console, which the log retains.

Zigurana

@dankcushions well, that's good to know. I better check the permissions then, because i have never spotted anything in the logfile.

brenthunter2005

I noticed today after updating Retropie that the runcommand box now says it logs to "/dev/shm/runcommand.log"

Any idea what that is all about? Can I just edit the /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand.sh and change it to /tmp/runcommand.cfg ?

BuZz

What's the problem with the new location ? I moved the log to ram - one less thing to write to the sdcard (plus performance if say there is a log of debug output).

brenthunter2005

@BuZz No problem whatsoever, I just didn't understand it. I've done some quick research and now I understand the reasons for moving the log file to that location.

Makes perfect sense to me now that I understand it (ie: I'm new to Linux).

Thank you.

BuZz

@brenthunter2005 TBH it won't make much difference probably, and we still unpack zips to the sdcard (That requires more thought to move, as some archives would be a bit large to unpack in memory - at least on some RPI models). I might add a configuration option for that though.

I might consider a config to shift system logs into ram also.

rulmismo

@BuZz

I also spent some time yesterday searching for the runcommand.log file looking for some advancemame loading issues.
please whenever possible update the documentation so to let clear that it can be in /tmp/ or also in /dev/shm.

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/runcommand

Thanks

BuZz

@rulmismo It was moved to /dev/shm quite a long time ago - when launching it states where the log is btw.

The wiki is user editable btw. feel free to update if you think this is needed.