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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml index a7a63bd8cb..79322dd198 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml @@ -166,19 +166,32 @@ <section id='usingpoky-debugging-viewing-logs-from-failed-tasks'> <title>Viewing Logs from Failed Tasks</title> - <para>The log file for shell tasks is available in - <filename>${WORKDIR}/temp/log.do_<replaceable>taskname</replaceable>.pid</filename>. - For example, the <filename>do_compile</filename> task for the QEMU minimal image for the x86 - machine (<filename>qemux86</filename>) might be - <filename>tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_compile.20830</filename>. - To see what - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#bitbake-term'>BitBake</ulink> - runs to generate that log, look at the corresponding - <filename>run.do_<replaceable>taskname</replaceable>.pid</filename> file located in the same directory. + <para> + You can find the log for a task in the file + <filename>${WORKDIR}/temp/log.do_</filename><replaceable>taskname</replaceable><filename>.</filename><replaceable>pid</replaceable>. + For example, the log for the + <link linkend='ref-tasks-compile'><filename>do_compile</filename></link> + task of the QEMU minimal image for the x86 machine + (<filename>qemux86</filename>) might be in + <filename>tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_compile.</filename><replaceable>pid</replaceable>. + To see the commands + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#bitbake-term'>BitBake</ulink> ran + to generate a log, look at the corresponding + <filename>run.do_</filename><replaceable>taskname</replaceable><filename>.</filename><replaceable>pid</replaceable> + file in the same directory. </para> <para> - Presently, the output from Python tasks is sent directly to the console. + <filename>log.do_</filename><replaceable>taskname</replaceable> and + <filename>run.do_</filename><replaceable>taskname</replaceable> + are actually symbolic links to + <filename>log.do_</filename><replaceable>taskname</replaceable><filename>.</filename><replaceable>pid</replaceable> + and + <filename>log.run_</filename><replaceable>taskname</replaceable><filename>.</filename><replaceable>pid</replaceable>, + where <replaceable>pid</replaceable> is the PID the task had when + it ran. + The symlinks always point to the files corresponding to the most + recent run. </para> </section> |