TSTool / Command / StartLog

• Overview
• Command Editor
• Command Syntax
• Examples
• Troubleshooting
• See Also

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Overview

The StartLog command (re)starts the log file. It is useful to insert this command as the first command in a command file, in order to persistently record the results of processing. A useful standard is to name the log file the same as the command file, with an additional .log extension, and this convention is enforced by default. A date or date/time can optionally be added to the log file name.

Command Editor

The following dialog is used to edit the command and illustrates the command syntax.

StartLog Command Editor (see also the full-size image)

Command Syntax

The command syntax is as follows:

StartLog(Parameter="Value",...)

Command Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
LogFile required	The name of the file to write. The extension of .log will automatically be added, if not specified. Can be specified using ${Property}.	None - must be specified.
Suffix	Indicates that a suffix will be added before the .log extension, one of: Date – add a date suffix of the form YYYYMMDD. DateTime – add a date/time suffix of the form YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS. This is useful for automatically archiving logs corresponding to commands files, to allow checking the output at a later time. However, generating date/time stamped log files can increase the amount of disk space that is used.

Examples

See the automated tests.

A sample command file to process State of Colorado HydroBase data is as follows (the Add command will generate an error because the units of the time series are incompatible):

StartLog(LogFile="Example_StartLog.log")
# 06753400 - LONETREE CREEK AT CARR, CO.
06753400.USGS.Streamflow.Month~HydroBase
# 1179 - BYERS 5 ENE
1179.NOAA.Precip.Month~HydroBase
Add(TSID="06753400.USGS.Streamflow.Month",AddTSList=AllTS,HandleMissingHow="IgnoreMissing")

Troubleshooting

See Also

• Message command - can be used to write messages to the log file