Re: [privoxy-users] Won't write to log file

[Fabian K. <fk...@fa...>]

Erich <er...@cs...> wrote:

> On 5/13/2010 2:09 PM, Fabian Keil wrote:
> > Erich <er...@cs...> wrote:
> >> My "config.txt" file is completely default except for
> >> the line to establish debugging.  Even adding "debug 16" on a line and
> >> browsing around leaves the "privoxy.log" file empty.
> > 
> > By default there is no logfile specified.
> > Did you add or uncomment the logfile directive?
> 
> The "config.txt" contained in the Privoxy 3.0.16 installation package I
> downloaded contains the following lines (minus all commented lines):
> 
> user-manual ./doc/user-manual/
> confdir .
> logdir .
> actionsfile match-all.action # Actions that are applied to all sites and
> maybe overruled later on.
> actionsfile default.action   # Main actions file
> actionsfile user.action      # User customizations
> filterfile default.filter
> logfile privoxy.log
> [...]

> 
> Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it appears to me that the logfile is
> specified.  Uncommenting one of the debug lines or adding the new line:
> 
> debug 16

You're using "logdir ." which means the logfile location is relative
to Privoxy's working directory. Are you sure you are actually looking
for the logfile in Privoxy's working directory and not someplace else?

Fabian