Document for thunderbird users that MOZ_LOG_FILE automatically adds ".moz_log" to filename
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(Thunderbird :: Help Documentation, task)
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(Reporter: gds, Assigned: mkmelin)
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For some time I haven't been setting MOZ_LOG_FILE so my logging output goes to stdout. I just tried, on a recent TRUNK, setting
export MOZ_LOG_FILE=/home/gene/tb.log
and nothing goes there when this is set. I finally found that the output is going to /home/gene/tb.log.moz_log instead as described here: Bug 1574882
At first I thought this was a bug but instead it is something that should be documented on the page we refer users to for logging: https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Logging
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Comment 1•5 years ago
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Thank for filing this, Gene! I think this points out that I should also update the https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Debugging/HTTP_logging similarly. Note that this change was widely announced on dev-platform and left for discussion first.
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Comment 2•5 years ago
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Thanks, I've edited the https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Logging wiki page.
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Comment 3•5 years ago
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There's a minor typo too right below where you added the .moz_log clarification:
The log file is written over every time you re-launch the mMzilla thunderbird application.
In addition I would suggest adding this to "Missing Log File" section:
- With version 70 and later the filename defined by MOZ_FILE_NAME will have ".moz_log" automatically appended.
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