Question - How often do you guys delete your log file?

[Granditos]

Forgot about it and let mine get to over a gig... How often do you remember to delete yours?

Side note: Is there a way to automate clearing the log every couple of weeks or so?

 

[Sic]

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[Many_Whelps]

I delete before every raid. so 2-3 times per week.

 

[Lidori]

Every day, then also before raids.

 

[delfnec]

didnt know that before....deleted 2000+ files just now...

 

[zarroth]

just write a simple batch file to start up your EQ sessions, and also have it delete the logs at the same time.

start /d "F:\Games\Everquest" eqgame.exe patchme
timeout 1
start /d "F:\Games\Everquest" eqgame.exe patchme
timeout 1
del F:\Games\Everquest\Logs\eqlog_*.txt

Pretty simple to put that into a batch file and away you go. I use the timeouts because if I just start all 6 instances at once, they won't login the last 2 or 3 of them quite often, but the timeouts fixed that.

 

[Lord Sivion]

Whenever I remember when I am actually using one? Never thought about auto deleting it.

 

[lilwizzie]

Gina has a setting for log maintenance, I use that to keep my files in check.

 

[Hylander]

Gina is to humans as LEM is to bots

 

[Granditos]

just write a simple batch file to start up your EQ sessions, and also have it delete the logs at the same time.

start /d "F:\Games\Everquest" eqgame.exe patchme
timeout 1
start /d "F:\Games\Everquest" eqgame.exe patchme
timeout 1
del F:\Games\Everquest\Logs\eqlog_*.txt

Pretty simple to put that into a batch file and away you go. I use the timeouts because if I just start all 6 instances at once, they won't login the last 2 or 3 of them quite often, but the timeouts fixed that.

How do you add this in to the autologin script of MQ? Is that possible?

 

[Sippi]

What does that log do? Is there anything lost by deleting it?

 

[B_I_G__D_A_D_D_Y]

Gina has a setting for log maintenance, I use that to keep my files in check.

Same here, use GINA! I let it archive the logs to a compressed folder on my Data disk. I've never deleted a log since 2001. Who knows how much drama is saved there for perpetuity!

 

[durango773]

What does that log do? Is there anything lost by deleting it?

It holds old data if you wanted to look at a parse or looted items from say 2 weeks ago. Otherwise, its just taking up space.