Difference between revisions of "What are the std*.txt files for?"

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It does that in the stdoutdae.txt, stderrdae.txt, stdoutgui.txt and stderrgui.txt files. <br>
 
It does that in the stdoutdae.txt, stderrdae.txt, stdoutgui.txt and stderrgui.txt files. <br>
  
*'''std''' stands for Standard (Or Saved to Disk).  
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*'''std''' stands for Standard.
 
*'''out''' means Output.
 
*'''out''' means Output.
 
*'''err''' means Error.
 
*'''err''' means Error.
 
*'''gui''' means Graphical User Interface. This is BOINC Manager.  
 
*'''gui''' means Graphical User Interface. This is BOINC Manager.  
*'''scr''' means Screen Saver.
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*'''gpudetect''' means Graphical Processing Unit detection. It stores errors about the GPU detection.
*'''tray''' means BOINCTray (idle detection program).
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*'''scr''' means Screen Saver.
*'''gfx''' mean Graphics (as opposed to screen saver).
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*'''tray''' means BOINCTray (idle detection program).
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*'''gfx''' mean Graphics (as opposed to screen saver).
 
*'''dae''' means daemon. This is BOINC, the core client.
 
*'''dae''' means daemon. This is BOINC, the core client.
 
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With these you can now easily see which files are for what. <br>
 
With these you can now easily see which files are for what. <br>
 
The TXT extension is used so it can easily be opened up in any text editor, while at the same time it won't be confused by any operating system as anything else than a text file. <br>
 
The TXT extension is used so it can easily be opened up in any text editor, while at the same time it won't be confused by any operating system as anything else than a text file. <br>
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These BOINC logs are stored in the BOINC data directory.
  
  

Latest revision as of 09:29, 24 September 2017

BOINC logs as much as it can about what it is doing. It will save the messages from the Messages tab/Event Log to disk, will try to capture any crash information about itself and applications in stack traces.

It does that in the stdoutdae.txt, stderrdae.txt, stdoutgui.txt and stderrgui.txt files.

  • std stands for Standard.
  • out means Output.
  • err means Error.
  • gui means Graphical User Interface. This is BOINC Manager.
  • gpudetect means Graphical Processing Unit detection. It stores errors about the GPU detection.
  • scr means Screen Saver.
  • tray means BOINCTray (idle detection program).
  • gfx mean Graphics (as opposed to screen saver).
  • dae means daemon. This is BOINC, the core client.


With these you can now easily see which files are for what.
The TXT extension is used so it can easily be opened up in any text editor, while at the same time it won't be confused by any operating system as anything else than a text file.
These BOINC logs are stored in the BOINC data directory.


Original writer Original FAQ Date
Jorden 485 07-03-2009