--log config

[carr123]

I had started a cockroach node with flag --log-dir=/home/cockroach/dblog, this setting is deprecated.
how to translate above setting to the new flag --log=xxx ? better in inline format.
i read official documents about log setting, but it is complex to me, i still have no idea.
thanks a lot.

[jordanlewis]

@knz any pointers to better documentation here?

[knz]

The deprecation notice for --log-dir literally provides a suggestion for a replacement...

$  ./cockroach start-single-node --log-dir=foo
Flag --log-dir has been deprecated, use --log instead to specify 'file-defaults: {dir: ...}'
...

Just do what it says: --log-dir='file-defaults: {dir: ...}'

[carr123]

hello, i try it, but failed.
--log='file-defaults:{dir:/home/cockroach/dblog}'
above setting doesn't work.

error reported:
1@cli/error.go:399 [-] 1 + line 1: cannot unmarshal !!str file-de... into logconfig.Config

[knz]

You need a space after dir:

[carr123]

thanks a lot