Log files

In addition to presenting the progressing data reduction to an ORAC-DR X-window, ORAC-DR, by default, retains a copy of the processing steps and errors in a log file. These logs are important if something has gone wrong, and you have exited the X-window. Information from the applications software can be included if you run the pipeline with the -verbose command-line option. Logs also serve as a record of the data processing. Yet the log files are often overlooked because they are hidden. The log file is called $ORAC_DATA_OUT/.oracdr_<number>, where <number> is the current process identification. The -log f option to the oracdr command enables log-file creation.

See SUN/230 for details of the logging options.