Module Not Overwriting Exising LOG File

[MatthewSteen]

The module in VE 2015 is not overwriting the existing LOG file which must be manually deleted in order to show updated error messages.

[macleodd]

Hi Matthew
I do not think we have seen any other reports of this behavior, either in IES or from other customers.
Are you sure the file has not been locked by another program? Neither of Notepad or Notepad++ will do this, but there may be other editors/viewers that do.

Regards Donald

[MatthewSteen]

Yes, none of my text editors (Atom, Sublime Text 3) are looking for the LOG file and when I open it from the module in Notepad it lists the timestamp from the last file with no changes. I have to manually delete the file and run a sim to have it update.

This could also be a CBECC-Com issue which I will try to confirm once I move the model there and update here on what I find.

[MatthewSteen]

I've been told by a NORESCO Analyst that simulation messages are appended to the LOG file instead of overwritten. I was expecting it to behave like EnergyPlus' ERR file.

My workaround is to delete the LOG file after each sim and then run a Python script to keep only the error lines which eliminates the need to wade through outdated and unimportant messages.

https://github.com/MatthewSteen/Scripts