Feature Request: When finished: Show Log

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 20 Jul 2020, 10:04

Not sure if it was previously requested.

.... but using FFS mainly as a batch, kicked up by TaskSched....

I would really appreciate to have this feature, instead of having to remember to check every day my logs.

Thanks

Alain

Posts: 1037 · therube 22 Jul 2020, 18:27

Create a couple batch files that run SHUTDOWN.EXE (with appropriate parameters) ?
Call one, Sleep.bat.
The other, Shut down.bat.

(I'm not sure if Shutdown offers a sleep option?)

Oh, you're wanting, Show Log.

(I'm not thinking right but) something like...

showlog.bat:

cat `dir /od- /b [path-to-log-directory] | head -1`

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 22 Jul 2020, 21:19

Thanks !!!
not clear how to "call" the bat file...

I'll try and report back

Alain

Posts: 22 · toby9999 23 Jul 2020, 05:04

The FFS help file has some info on calling batch files.

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 23 Jul 2020, 11:03

The FFS help file has some info on calling batch files. toby9999, 23 Jul 2020, 05:04

My FFS.Batch file is run by taskmanager.
.
... no idea how to run your command...
and if it's in a .bat file,

how to chain it at the end of FF.batch in taskmanager.

Alain

Posts: 22 · toby9999 23 Jul 2020, 11:28

So, are you trying to run a batch file (to show the FFS log file) after the FFS batch runs?

1) Tasksched -> FreeFileSync.exe "yourScript.ffs_batch"
2) Make sure yourScript.ffs_batch contains a completion job...
eg <PostSyncCommand Condition="Completion">"C:\LogHandler.bat"</PostSyncCommand>
3) The LogHandler batch file will run and do whatever you want after each successful completion of yourScript.ffs_batch

Is that what you're trying to do, or something different?

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 23 Jul 2020, 11:36

Perfect!!

A) New/Edit PostLog.bat
Add one line = "cat `dir /od- /b [......\...\F8-log-directory] | head -1`"

B) edit the FFS.batch:
Add one line = "PostSyncCommand Condition="Completion">"...\PostLog.bat"

Nothing else to change.

Correct??

Many Thanks

Alain

PS: all this is on the root of a USB Key stuck in the back,
as a permanent backup for my Thunderbird mail,
and it will run three times a day

Posts: 22 · toby9999 23 Jul 2020, 11:58

Looks good, but don't forget to add </PostSyncCommand> at the end of the PostSyncCommand line.

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 23 Jul 2020, 12:11

oooh...
forgot that

thanks!!

Alain

Posts: 2450 · Plerry 23 Jul 2020, 14:32

For correct XML, your line should read:

<PostSyncCommand Condition="Completion">Postlog.bat</PostSyncCommand>

possibly providing the correct path to Postlog.bat.
For convenience you may consider to use the FFS GUI instead of a text editor.
If in the Sync Settings (F8) you define the correct command line (e.g. Postlog.bat), and then save the FFS configuration (as a *.ffs_gui or *.ffs_batch file), FFS willl do the work for you and generate the correct XML code.

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 23 Jul 2020, 14:42

Oh Wow your are so kind !!

So I deleted the line. Saved FFS.Batch file

did "FFS edit" F8 ... then saved it
opened with notepad an LO!

My problem is solved!!!!!

a big thanks

(unless I did something wrong into the PostLog.bat file)

Posts: 1037 · therube 24 Jul 2020, 17:19

(I'm not thinking right but) something like...

I'm on Windows, & when I said "like", I meant like ;-).
As in what I wrote was a mixture of DOS & Unix commands (& syntax's).

So the PostLog.bat that you came up with actually does work?
And just what command line are you using in there?

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 25 Jul 2020, 18:22

ooops
I took it literally

and thinking back I've never seen the log appearing :-D

No, that .bat string doesn't work.

:-D

Alain

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 26 Jul 2020, 19:01

Any help on the PostLog.bat will be gratefully received !!!

Alain

Posts: 1037 · therube 26 Jul 2020, 21:45

(For Windows.)
Try this, adjusting as needed.

PostLog.bat:

for /f "delims=|"  %%i in  ('dir /b  C:\LOGS\FFS_LOGS\')  do  set LASTLOG=%%~fi

echo The last log is:  %LASTLOG%

pause



notepad.exe "%LASTLOG%"

Set your directory to wherever you have your FFS logs directory set to.
LASTLOG will store the full path+name of the last file name (so presumably the newest) as generated by a dir /b file listing, as found in your log directory.
(After the pause) notepad.exe will open the log file.
(Change notepad.exe to whatever you want; vim.exe, less.exe, showtx.exe ...)

Beware of diacritics in your (log) filename because not all utilities will handle diacritics correctly (like Ú vs U).

(You can run PostLog.bat directly to see what it can do, if it's working correctly - so no need, necessarily, to run FFS first.)

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 26 Jul 2020, 21:51

ok thanks
I'll change the Log dir and that's all I suppose.

everything is under K: root ... and K is a portable USB stick.

in pic 2 the results

Many thanks

Alain

Posts: 1037 · therube 26 Jul 2020, 21:55

(I made some slight changes to PostLog.bat, above.)

In your case, you may want to change it again, something like, ('dir /b k:\nis*.html'')

(As it is, for you, it is finding "NIS-BKP 2", which would be the wrong file.)

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 26 Jul 2020, 22:00

here's the new run.

with error after pause

Thanks

Posts: 1037 · therube 26 Jul 2020, 22:02

In your case, you may want to change it again, something like, ('dir /b k:\nis*.html'')

(As it is, for you, it is finding "NIS-BKP 2", which would be the wrong file [directory].)

When correct it should presumably display *194512*.html.
(Heh. But then, notepad won't help too much with .html, so maybe you'll want something like:
edge.exe "%LASTLOG%")

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 26 Jul 2020, 22:05

correct.
doing

Success !!!

a Great thanks !!

Posts: 26 · AlainCh2 26 Jul 2020, 22:14

better this way

it's an HTML it open in browser directly

You are Wonderfull !

Alain