[Acoole]

Looks Sweet. Now to try it

[-Sneaky-]

Allright, so I was searching for a automatic server restarter, done some research in batch programming lol, first KingJ came up with this:

Code:

:SERVERSTART
samp-server
GOTO SERVERSTART

This will restart the server if you EXIT it, but then I thought what if someone puts 'gamemode0 asd 1' but asd.amx isn't in the gamemodes directory.. so I tested it and the server restarted a thousand time and filled up the server_log.txt really fast :X

So uhm yeah I did some more research on ******, find some time/date functions & used KingJ rotation script, modified it and came up with this:

pawn Code:

@ECHO OFF&SETLOCAL

FOR /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/-. " %%G IN ('date /t') DO (call :S_FIXDATE %%G %%H %%I %%J)
  
:S_FIXDATE (
  if "%1:~0,1%" GTR "9" shift
  FOR /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%G IN ('echo.^|date') DO (set %%G=%1&set %%H=%2&set %%I=%3)
)

FOR /f "tokens=*" %%G IN ('time/t') DO set _time=%%G
SET _time=%_time:~0,2%-%_time:~3,2%
ENDLOCAL&SET _time=%_time%

SET delay=20 // 1 = 1 second - set the delay of a server restart after a rcon exit
SET ServerDirectory="C:\Path\To\Your\Server" // set this to the path to your server
SET title=My First SA-MP Server :) // set the title of your server

TITLE %title%

ECHO -
ECHO Server Restarter & Log Rotation - By Sneaky
ECHO -

:SERVER_FIRST_START (
  samp-server
  GOTO SERVER_START
)

:SERVER_START (
  ECHO Restarting server with a delay of %delay% seconds...
  ECHO Renaming log file to log_%dd%-%mm%-%yy%-%_time%.txt...
  RENAME %ServerDirectory%\server_log.txt log_%dd%-%mm%-%yy%-%_time%.txt
  ECHO Moving log to logs folder...
  MOVE %ServerDirectory%\log_%dd%-%mm%-%yy%-%_time%.txt %ServerDirectory%\logs
  ECHO Succes!
  PING -n %delay% 127.0.0.1 >nul
  samp-server
  GOTO SERVER_START
)

This will restart the server ~20 seconds after rcon exit is used and creates a log file with date/time in a folder called 'logs' in your server directory.. I tested it and it works all fine, dont know if this is the best way or if it's usefull for anyone but yeah anyways..

Setup:

1. Copy code above
2. Open notepad > paste it in
3. Change SET ServerDirectory="C:\Path\To\Your\Server"
4. Optional you can change the delay time and title of the server
5. Save as startserver.bat
6. Start up startserver.bat instead of samp-server.exe
7. Dont forget to create a folder called 'logs' inside your server directory!

[LethaL]

Sneaky your code uses the time and date from when the .bat file was first run, so the logs keep getting over written on every restart.

[-Sneaky-]

You sure? Cause I tested it and it uses the current time and not the time when the .bat file was first run everytime.. ;X

[kingdutch]

Ok so I've skimmed through the topic.

And I've read things like the server recreates a log file automatically and that it doesn't.

If it doesn't, can't you just touch "server_log.txt"? And you got your problem solved, no reason for the server to restart.
BTW I always tarred my logs to reduce filesize and then transferred them to an apache server (Or FTP Folder in some other peoples cases) so I could download them from my main computer. If anyone wants that script just reply, it's quite simple. (Just tars the file to my webserver and then rm's the server_log.txt)

[CipHoony]

For our versus server it seems anytime I try and just jump in the server my search key will not work, everytime I restart the server before going in game it works. Does anyone know if there is a mod or script so that after the server has people in it then goes empty it automaticly restarts?
Thanks guys

[Westie]

I can. Muhahaha.

[Machinehank34]

Confusing.... But cool !
Greetz,
Machine.

[Patrik356b]

I made an edit, with this improvement, you dont need to specify the path, just remember to put it in your server folder

Code:

@echo off

Set ServerDirectory=%CD%
set ServerName="samp-server.exe"

for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/- " %%a in ('date /t') do set XDate=%%a-%%b-%%c

if not exist %ServerDirectory%\log mkdir %ServerDirectory%\log

echo Daily log rotator for SA-MP Servers by KingJ
echo Will rename the current log file to today's date (%DATE%)
echo and place it in the log folder.
echo.
echo Path to use:
echo %CD%
echo.
echo Ensure the server is not running.
echo.
echo This makes the server logs easier to manage
echo.
echo Stopping server...
taskkill /f /im "%ServerName%"
echo Renaming log file to server_log_%XDate%.txt
rename %ServerDirectory%\server_log.txt server_log_%XDate%.txt
echo Moving log to log folder...
move %ServerDirectory%\server_log_%XDate%.txt %ServerDirectory%\log
echo Starting Server...
start %ServerDirectory%\%ServerName%
echo.
echo Log rotation complete

[shady91]

x-serverz has had this for ages as i said to tommis once were's my log file's, as when ever you reset your server it auto puts log in a folder and then makes a new one, but before he told me how it worked i wasn't sure were my log files were going lol then i opened me log folder it had about 2000 files lol.

[DeltaAirlines12]

XD, I should make a .bat that sends my log automatically go into my recycling bin

[brubsifiary]

I have configures the conf file, but now what I need to do ?

Many thanks for your help

[Domenko]

Yep i agree!

[Westie]

Above two posters - wait what?

[Westie]

Awesomeness double post, I was sorting through my NAS when I came across this. Points given to those who know what this is:

Code:

$directory = "C:\path\to\sa-mp\server\"
$serverlog = "server_log.txt"


if((Test-Path -path "$directory\logs\") -ne $True)
{
	New-Item "$directory\logs\" -type directory
	echo "A new log directory has been created."
}


$timestamp = (date -uFormat %s)
$thedate  = (date)

cat "$directory\$serverlog" | out-File -encoding ascii "$directory\logs\server.$timestamp.txt"
echo "Refreshed at $thedate" | out-File -encoding ascii "$directory\$serverlog"

[viKKmaN]

Is there a way to delete the server_log when the server closes? Or to disable the log feature?
I kinda hate the server_log.txt beeing put in my main server folder, and i'd like to use my own logging feature? Is it possible to disable it?

[Micko9]

OOOOOOOOOOH CRAP! my log is 1.91 MB ...sigh... oh well il delete it . But usefull .

[JernejL]

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaisersouse NotE: if you remove server_log.txt while the server is running...it will not automatcially recreate it. You must stop the server run the log rotation scrpt restart the server

Use this to empty / blank the old log instead of removing it so the server will keep on logging:

Step 1: Copy the log contents to a new file with "cat server_log > otherlog/today.txt"
Step 2: Overwrite the server_log stream with null data by using "echo > server_log.txt" - this will blank the log file and server will continue appending new data to it.

This is tested and works fine on linux.

[rapidhost]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westingham For those admin who use this log rotation .bat, how do you make sure all data is saved before the server goes down?

good job on a 10 month old bump ..

Your stuff doesnt get lost.. just make it autosave with a timer function in ur script .......

[ombre]

where to put the logrotate.sh ?

thanks