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Reputation: 1333

custom gnu-screen session log filename

I'd like to know if someone has tried logging their gnu-screen session to a logfile (other than the default screenlog.N where N is the session number).

I tried doing the following

~$ screen -L custom_screenlog -S test_session

but screen would terminate. It's not also in the screen manual. Tried searching Google and I can't seem to see an answer.

Thanks.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 3663

Answers (1)

Stephane Rouberol
Stephane Rouberol

Reputation: 4384

My 4.0.2 version of GNU screen has no argument to -L switch. The log file is systematically named screenlog.0 and created in the current directory. Then you may simply try:

screen -L -S test_session

Edit: you can customize your .screenrc file, adding for instance

logfile /tmp/screenlog-%Y%m%d-%c:%s

This way log files may be stored in a predefined directory (/tmp in this example) and may be named after logfile opening date

Upvotes: 16

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