problem with Filegettime, filedelete... or is this something else?

[Burgaud]

This is my script in question:

func _LogMessage($text="", $key="")
    local static $logfile = @MyDocumentsDir & '\' & StringTrimRight(@ScriptName,4) & '.log'
;   if FileGetTime($logfile, 1, 1) < StringFormat("%04s%02s%02s000000", @YEAR, @MON, @MDAY) then    ;if logfile is older than today
;       FileDelete($logfile)
;   endif
    FileWrite($logfile, stringFormat("%s [%1s] %s\r\n", _NowCalc(), $key, $text))
endfunc

_LogMessage( FileGetTime(@MyDocumentsDir & '\' & StringTrimRight(@ScriptName,4) & '.log', 0, 1) )
_LogMessage( FileGetTime(@MyDocumentsDir & '\' & StringTrimRight(@ScriptName,4) & '.log', 1, 1) )
_LogMessage( FileGetTime(@MyDocumentsDir & '\' & StringTrimRight(@ScriptName,4) & '.log', 2, 1) )

File @MyDocumentsDir & '\' & StringTrimRight(@ScriptName,4) & '.log' was created several days ago:

2021/04/29 15:04:50 [ ] 20210429150450

2021/04/29 15:04:50 [ ] 20210427115800

2021/04/29 15:04:50 [ ] 20210429150450

 

 

Seems OK. So I went and uncommented the file If then statement in the _LogMessage() function.
The purpose of that set of instruction is to delete the logfile if it is older than today.

YET when I executed the script without the comments, the function kept deleting the file every single time.

Even when I manually deleted the log file, the script still kept on deleting the log file. and still recognizes that said logfile was created several days ago.

In fact, these were printed AFTER the log file was manually deleted.

2021/04/29 15:04:50 [ ] 20210429150450

2021/04/29 15:04:50 [ ] 20210427115800

2021/04/29 15:04:50 [ ] 20210429150450

Umm... what gives?

I am stuck!

Dan

PS: I have two of this script running. Is it because the file is still OPEN in the other scripts thus not allowing to close / create a new file with a newer date?

 

 

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by Burgaud

[JockoDundee]

Why are you not checking for return value of FileDelete?

[Nine]

5 hours ago, Burgaud said:

I have two of this script running

Use _Singleton () to ensure only one script is running at a single time.

[Burgaud]

I had bad experience/weird results using _singleton and decided not to use it. And I could not use _singleton to query existence of others without taking the spot first.

ie: it is like biting the pie before asking

I need something that queries first. So I went instead query existence of GUIs using

if WinGetProcess("WatchDog:Main") < 0 then              ;there is no WatchDog:Main, perform WatchDog:Main
        _WatchDogMain()
    elseif WinGetProcess("WatchDog:Secondary") < 0 then     ;there is no WatchDog:Secondary, perform WatchDog:Secondary
        _WatchDogSecondary()
    endif

Basically, the said single script has 2 main functions:

1. WatchDogMain monitors WatchDogSecondary. if WatchDogSecondary is not running, it shellexecutes it. Loop

2. WatchDogSecondary monitors WatchDogMain. If WatchDogMain is not running, it shellexecutes it. AND also performs other tasks... Loop.

This ensures both are running on the computer.

 

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Why are you not checking for return value of FileDelete?

What will checking for FileDelete error do? The file DID get wiped/emptied out. But the creation date of the new file is still OLD is what bothers me.

Edited May 1, 2021 by Burgaud

[JockoDundee]

6 minutes ago, Burgaud said:

What will checking for FileDelete error do?

Call it a stupid rule-of-thumb of mine, but if I’m having  problems with a File being deleted or not, I’ll check the return code of the FileDelete() command.
It’s crazy, I know.

Also, when you say

On 4/29/2021 at 12:19 AM, Burgaud said:

Seems OK. So I went and uncommented the file If then statement in the _LogMessage() function.
The purpose of that set of instruction is to delete the logfile if it is older than today.

YET when I executed the script without the comments, the function kept deleting the file every single time.

Even when I manually deleted the log file, the script still kept on deleting the log file. and still recognizes that said logfile was created several days ago.

In fact, these were printed AFTER the log file was manually deleted.

what do you mean? the log file was there even though you deleted it?

what if you deleted and created the file manually, totally outside of autoit, and then look in file explorer, what does it say?