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| author | Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc> | 2022-11-19 14:34:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc> | 2022-11-21 13:18:34 +0100 |
| commit | e5f2fb08d8a7604aeef726698ef696874bcd2561 (patch) | |
| tree | 6927564ae1f016abc16bb9c5041969092c3ba10c /doc | |
| parent | 9db3710dd73b6949321a028b4dc2dc2277e97ce0 (diff) | |
| download | aerc-e5f2fb08d8a7604aeef726698ef696874bcd2561.tar.gz | |
config: add log-file and log-level settings
Allow configuring persistent logging to file with a log level. When
redirecting the output of aerc to a file these two settings are ignored
and all messages are printed to stdout.
Suggested-by: Moritz Poldrack <moritz@poldrack.dev>
Suggested-by: Tim Culverhouse <tim@timculverhouse.com>
Signed-off-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>
Acked-by: Tim Culverhouse <tim@timculverhouse.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/aerc-config.5.scd | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/aerc-config.5.scd b/doc/aerc-config.5.scd index e40630bc..f18b5110 100644 --- a/doc/aerc-config.5.scd +++ b/doc/aerc-config.5.scd @@ -45,6 +45,22 @@ These options are configured in the *[general]* section of aerc.conf. Default: false +*log-file* + Output log messages to specified file. A path starting with _~/_ is + expanded to the user home dir. When redirecting aerc's output to a file + using _>_ shell redirection, this setting is ignored and log messages + are printed to stdout. + + Default: "" + +*log-level* + Only log messages above the specified level to *log-file*. Supported + levels are: _debug_, _info_, _warn_ and _error_. When redirecting aerc's + output to a file using _>_ shell redirection, this setting is ignored + and the log level is forced to _debug_. + + Default: _info_ + ## UI OPTIONS These options are configured in the *[ui]* section of aerc.conf. |