Is there a way to prevent the creation of default main.log file

[amarshetty6]

I have configured to write the log files in my custom app path which works fine. But i still see the initial log file created in ~/Library/Logs/ + appName + / + main.log on macOS. Is there a way i can prevent this or at least change the appName in the default path without affecting my custom path ?

[megahertz]

Are you sure a new path is configured right after electron-log is requires for the first time? If so, could you provide code which can reproducing the issue?

[amarshetty6]

Hi this is the part in main.js where i am setting up the logger
app.on('ready', function () {
appWindow.createWindow();
errorLogger.setupLogger();
})

function setupLogger() {
var __dirname;
var _file = 'appname.log';
if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
__dirname = '/Library/Application\ Support/appname//Logs/';
}else if (process.platform === 'win32') {
__dirname = 'C:/ProgramData/appname/logs/';
}
logger.transports.file.level = 'info';
logger.transports.file.maxSize = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
logger.transports.file.resolvePath = () => path.join(__dirname, _file);
}
Am i missing something?
Please let me know if you need anything else i cant share the complete code but will try as much as possible to reproduce the issue.

[megahertz]

First of all, try to call setupLogger() on entry point. app ready event may be fired too late.

[amarshetty6]

Tried calling setupLogger() after requires in main.js but still seeing the issue.
Anything else i can try?

[megahertz]

If main.log is not empty, it does mean that logging is called before initialization. There are many ways how to find what happens. In such a situation, I usually prefer to patch a library for debugging (in node_modules). For example, you can patch log function in electron-log/src/log.js by adding console.log(new Error().stack); to find a place where the first call occurs. After that, node_modules should be reset.

[amarshetty6]

I was able to find the entry point where the first log was being written using your suggested method and moved my function accordingly. Now it is working fine. Thanks a lot for your time.