Small feature to organize logs better...

[djsnay]

First of all I love the product.  Keep it up..

The suggestion I have is to output the Full Compute Name in the beginning of the log file.  This way if you were using this tool for multiple computers, a person can look at the log files and organize it better.

Also if you can, at the end of a Defreg log put some extra lines or maybe a row of dashes to signify the end of the log before another one is started.

If these features are already there and I am doing something correctly, please let me know.

Thanks for the oppertunity to make this tool the best it can be.
Snay

[jeroen]

The suggestion I have is to output the Full Compute Name in the beginning of the log file.

Thanks for sharing your ideas, I appreciate it! I am willing to write the name of the computer, but where can I find it? In the registry somewhere? Is there a system function that I can call?

Also if you can, at the end of a Defreg log put some extra lines or maybe a row of dashes to signify the end of the log before another one is started.

JkDefrag always deletes any old logfile when it is started. It does not append.

[djsnay]

Your welcome, glad that I can help out..


The registery location when you can find the info is...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters

Fron here you can grab the folllowing info..

Hostname


About the logs, I am sure that it appends the data.  I have a log file that was run against 5 computer and there were lines showing different paths which were on different computers.

I can verify this after the above feature of adding the Hostname in the Output log is completed.

Let me know if you need anything else.
Snay

[cquinn]

Can you post that log file you have then?  And the command string you used to start the defrag?

It is not normal behaviour for a fresh run of Jkdefrag to append to an exisitng log file.

[cf]

Is there a system function that I can call?

Before you go the difficult way through the registry: There are the GetComputerName or GetComputerNameEx functions, which should give you what you want.

[jeroen]

Before you go the difficult way through the registry: There are the GetComputerName or GetComputerNameEx functions, which should give you what you want.

Excellent, thank you very much!

[djsnay]

I am getting approval so I can release the log file, but none the less if I can not post the file, I would be able to verify the appendings if Hostnames can be displayed in the logs.

I am using SMS to run the CMD executable (JkDefragCmd.exe).

Thanks,
Snay

[jeroen]

I would be able to verify the appendings if Hostnames can be displayed in the logs.

The logfile is deleted shortly after JkDefrag starts up. If you don't believe me then take a look at the sources of JkDefrag, search for the _wunlink() system call. Perhaps you have run JkDefrag simultaneously on multiple computers, all using the same logfile on a network disk or something? Tip: use the "-l" commandline option to specify a different logfile for every instance.

[JamesOff]

Launch it like this:

Code:

jkdefrag.exe -l %COMPUTERNAME%.log

%COMPUTERNAME% is a system environment variable that contains the machine name.

[djsnay]

Thanks JamesOff...

I tried it that way and it worked better then what I originally wanted to do.

Snay