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Add symlink to most recent logs for the autopts client
When running the autopts client a new directory is created with the timestamp of the test run.
For debugging purposes having a symlink to the most recent directory would make it easier to always have the most recent logs available in editors, without having to open the new files.
Update here.
I tried implementing using symlinks. On Windows: [WinError 1314] A required privilege is not held by the client, and running the client as admin is not an option, as this gives sys.exit("Please do not run this program as root.")
Perhaps rather opt for a new folder approach which is not as flexible.
This is not only admin rights problem, but some filesystems (FAT, exFAT) doesn't support symlinks at all.
I believe this can be easily wrapped in shell by user after test run, eg:
rm -f latest; ln -s `ls -At |head -n 1` latest
This is not only admin rights problem, but some filesystems (FAT, exFAT) doesn't support symlinks at all.
I believe this can be easily wrapped in shell by user after test run, eg:
rm -f latest; ln -s `ls -At |head -n 1` latest
How about
if fs_supports_symlinks():
create_symlinks()
:D
twister in Zephyr does basically what is requested here: The twister-out directory always contains the latest results, and older results are named twister-out.1, twister-out.2, etc.
It doesn't need to be synlinks; it can also just be a copy, as long as it is possible to keep a specific file open for the latest results.
this will not work on windows, you cannot rename or delete folder if other process has file open
that said, I guess this could be under option for this (which will fail on windows), yet it is trivial to just invoke mentioned snipped after client run :)
this will not work on windows, you cannot rename or delete folder if other process has file open
that said, I guess this could be under option for this (which will fail on windows), yet it is trivial to just invoke mentioned snipped after client run :)
How about all logs from the current run is store in a generically named folder, e.g. "latest" or whatever. That's where everything is logged etc., and once the run has completed, the content of "latest" is copied to new directory with the current naming scheme with the test case name and datetime? That should work on all file systems and for any user that has write permission.
as mentioned, on windows, if you open any log file in latest (when run is ongoing), it is not possible to rename that folder as long as file is opened
as mentioned, on windows, if you open any log file in latest (when run is ongoing), it is not possible to rename that folder as long as file is opened
I'm not suggesting any renames:
- Start test with everything logged to the "latest" directory
- Once test has completed, copy everything from "latest" to "<TEST_CASE_NAME>_<DATE_TIME>"
No files will be modified or renamed in this approach, and once a new test starts, simply overwrite the content of logs in "latest"