Logging
Game logs are both sent to standard output and persistently stored in text
files located at {user_cache_dir}/DigitalExtinction/logs/. After each game
startup, a new log file named according to the pattern
%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.jsonl is created. The log files consist of JSON
lines.
One might use a variation of the following command for pretty printing the logs
cat 2023-05-31_17-44-25.jsonl | jq -cr '.timestamp + ": " + .fields.message'.
{user_cache_dir} is obtained with
dirs::cache_dir() and
conforms to the following table:
| Platform | Value | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | $XDG_CACHE_HOME or $HOME/.cache | /home/alice/.cache |
| macOS | $HOME/Library/Caches | /Users/Alice/Library/Caches |
| Windows | {FOLDERID_LocalAppData} | C:\Users\Alice\AppData\Local |