[how to] start an app from terminal and collect log

asked 2015-08-06 21:08:32 +0200

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updated 2015-08-08 11:17:20 +0200

pawel
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for all non-developers that have reported a bug and need to send a log to the corresponding developer

• first enable developer mode to get the terminal application the option is in Settings\System in the Security section
• start the terminal
• type in name of application i.e.

this will start the application, the output will be shown on screen. You can make a screenshot:

;-)

to redirect the output into a file that you can collect, type instead

name_of_application >out.log 2>err.log i.e. [nemo@jolla ~]$ harbour-webpirate > out.log 2> err.log

to redirect stdout to a file, display stderr type:

name_of_application 1>file

to redirect stderr to a file, display stdout type:

name_of_application 2>file

to redirect both to a file, display nothing type:

name_of_application 1>file 2>&1 g

when done turn quit terminal, collect the file i.e. with Filebrowser and disable developer mode again

A small hint for TOHKBD owners: You'll love the tab key. It's auto-completion! So for the example screenshots it was enough to write ha[tab]we[tab] instead of harbour-webpirate. :-)