Can we change where the logs are written?

[Bigbillsd]

I want to write the logs to a dropbox location so I can view them when traveling if something goes wrong. -Bill

[maddox]

No, you can't change where the logs are written.

You can access the logs directly from your Channels DVR Server web admin under the Support section.

[Bigbillsd]

Ok. How long are they kept? And where would they be written on MacOS? Hopefully they are text and I can write a job to back them up and copy to a DB folder. -Bill

[chDVRuser]

You can also display the full logs (they are in a text formatted file) Channels Support - Subscription FAQ
I just don't know where the file is located on a Mac.
On my Synology NAS's I can tell by looking at the log

[SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2024.01.11.0232 (linux-x86_64 pid:13521) in /var/packages/ChannelsDVR/target/channels-dvr/data

Means the log file is located in /var/packages/ChannelsDVR/target/channels-dvr/data

[coolmaui]

I have two ideas for you:

1. Schedule a log copy to your synced dropbox folder. Could use Automator if Mac, Task Scheduler if Windows, Cron if Linux.

2. Create a hard symlink. I only mention this as an option, but the Channles devs certainly would not support such a change and things might just break at some point.

[babsonnexus]

@coolmaui

Create a hard symlink. I only mention this as an option, but the Channles devs certainly would not support such a change and things might just break at some point.

^^^ This!

The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows

@babsonnexus

I now also cloud-sync after learning I should have been doing that the hard way. In case you are wondering how to do this, you can create a "Symbolic Link" where one directory is actually in two places. I do this with the above mentioned Channels directory to a folder on my Onedrive so I can interact with it on there on any of my other computers.