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| author | Lyle Hanson <lyle2.0@gmail.com> | 2019-06-12 11:20:49 -0500 |
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| committer | Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> | 2019-06-14 10:55:55 -0400 |
| commit | 0b14d92baf19ad01369d10e84bac1af4f57f179d (patch) | |
| tree | 43eeb625a94972d48ebebdd6811e8c533cf13a46 | |
| parent | fd0265d917edaf6d9448bdf9df2708f5de380cab (diff) | |
Document collecting log output
Redirecting stdout writes log output to that file, but this wasn't
easily discoverable.
v2 removes changes to aerc-tutorial; I was also on the fence about that,
and agree that it isn't on-topic for the tutorial.
Addresses https://todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc2/180
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/aerc.1.scd | 8 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ Then compile aerc: On its first run, aerc will copy the default config files to `~/.config/aerc` and show the account configuration wizard. +If you redirect stdout to a file, logging output will be written to that file: + + $ aerc > log + ## Resources [Send patches](https://git-send-email.io) and questions to diff --git a/doc/aerc.1.scd b/doc/aerc.1.scd index 7b09531..e7d3c59 100644 --- a/doc/aerc.1.scd +++ b/doc/aerc.1.scd @@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ message list, the message in the message viewer, etc). *close* Closes the terminal. +# LOGGING + +Aerc does not log by default, but collecting log output can be useful for +troubleshooting and reporting issues. Redirecting stdout when invoking aerc will +write log messages to that file: + + $ aerc > log + # SEE ALSO *aerc-config*(5) *aerc-imap*(5) *aerc-smtp*(5) *aerc-tutorial*(7) |