If this file exists at the beginning of ecFlow execution, it is appended to. Otherwise, it is created. The location and name of the log file can be configured using the environment variable ECF_LOG, which can be set before the ecFlow server starts.
Symbol | Meaning |
MSG | Information message generated by ecflow_client commands in a job or user action, normal operation. |
LOG | Information message generated by task or ECF, normal operation. These are mostly messages generated when nodes go through status changes. |
ERR | An error message, abnormal operation the action could not be done. Some errors are ignored on the client-side, for example trying to send a label or an event that does not exist in ecFlow server is an error on the ecFlow server side but not on the client-side. |
WAR | Warning message, not an error but corrective action was taken. For example, using an old version of the client may cause a warning message to be printed. |
DBG | Debugging message, by default these are not visible they must be turned on by a privileged user. |
others | There could be a keyboard echo in the log file if ecFlow is running interactively; these lines should be ignored by programs processing the log file. |
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