Log files blank after restart

[thepixelmonk]

I seem to be running into a strange issue. When I first start up my program, with an empty logs folder, it creates babblebot_rCURRENT.log and logs to the file. If I stop my program, and start it again, I now see babblebot_r00000.log and babblebot_rCURRENT.log in my logs folder, but both are completely blank and no new output is appended. I still see log output in stdout.

[thepixelmonk]

For now I'm just gonna have to turn off rotation and have an ever-increasing log file for each run of the program. Something's really wonky with the rotation.

[emabee]

May I ask which version you‘re using, and which platform? I‘ll check as soon as possible, right now I‘m on a trip without the equipment.

[emabee]

The logger initialization would be helpful, too.

[thepixelmonk]

I'm using version ^0.11.4 on arch linux. Initialization looks like:

Logger::with_env_or_str("babblebot")
        .log_to_file()
        .directory("logs")
        .rotate(1000000, Cleanup::Never)
        .duplicate_to_stderr(Duplicate::Warn)
        .start()
        .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("Logger initialization failed with {}", e));

[emabee]

The bug occurs when rotate() was used without append().

Fixed with 0.11.5 which is available now on crates.io

[thepixelmonk]

thanks!

so it sounds like I should be using append() with rotate()? or else the log files will be cleared each time the program is run?

[emabee]

This would have been a work-around with 0.11.4.
With 0.11.5, no logs will get lost:

• with rotate and without append, the log file is rotated on each program start, and when the rotate-criterion is fulfilled
• with rotate and append, logs are appended to an existing rCURRENT log file on program start, and rotation happens only when the rotate-criterion is fulfilled.