Burn does provide a Variable (WixBundleLog) that points to the log location. There is no "directory tag" so I'm not sure what you are referring to.
Ideally, I want a single location where logs are placed so that we can easily ask people, "Please send us the logs from folder X" to start debugging. Having every bundle put logs in a unique location will make life more difficult. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:27 PM, John Bergman < john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > I'd like to be able to put this in the markup within the directory tag, and > then let WiX's magic decide how that is implemented; This way the log is > available and in a known location to the application for error reporting and > troubleshooting by anyone, and there's no risk of it getting deleted. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:23 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Request for comment: Where to put Burn log files. > > I need your opinion. > > Currently Burn logs to the %TEMP% folder by default (you can override it > with the -log/-l switch). This is great because most people expect this sort > of temporary data to live in the log file and Windows provides built in > mechanisms to clean out the %TEMP% folder should it get "big". > > Unfortunately, Windows Server clears out the %TEMP% folder on reboot. This > makes %TEMP% a really bad place to store log files if your bundle requires a > reboot for any reason. > > So, I need a new location to put log files. The best idea I've had thus far > is to create a new folder in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Logs and put log files there. > This folder will be persisted over reboots but doesn't have any built in > way to be cleaned out (the user would have to figure it out, or install a > WiX disk clean up wizard extension that does not yet exist <smile/>). > > Does anyone have better ideas? Any proposed solution needs to work on > WinXP-SP2+. > > -- > virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, > fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. > Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
