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No stdout logging

steamclosed Valve-provided steam package
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#7114 · opened 2020-05-16 by GoTeamAnt · updated 2022-11-04 · 3 comments · github
GGoTeamAnt 2020-05-16 github

Your system information

Version:

  • steam_1.0.0.62
  • Archlinux

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Steam stopped logging stdout to /tmp/dumps/$USER_stdout.log

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-05-16 github

Hello @GoTeamAnt, this is an intentional change in the 1.0.0.62 steam packaging related to #6901.

My understanding was that there wasn't interest in unconditionally logging stdout anymore. You can create an equivalent log by completely closing Steam, then running steam 2>&1 | tee /path/to/logfile from a terminal (or creating a shortcut).

Ssmcv 2020-06-04 github

Yes, this was an intentional change. If a game or Steam itself produces a lot of output (perhaps due to a bug), we don't want to fill /tmp, particularly if nobody is going to be reading the result.

If you are going to be reading the result, please use any of the standard Unix/Linux mechanisms that you'd use with any other program (shell redirection, pipe to tee(1), logger(1), systemd-cat(1), ...) to redirect stdout and/or stderr wherever you want it to go.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-11-04 github

Closing because this is the intended behavior.

Nothing extracted yet.