PDF24 DocTool: log file for -join in silent mode

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Hi, Stefan.

Is there any possibility to create a log file for any action? In my case I use DocTool and "-join" option to merge several PDFs. If i use CLI, i can see the merging process with some info, but in silent mode i can not sort out if things went wrong, i just can check if output file exist and that's all.

Thus I want to know if it is possible to write a log to some file as I see it through CLI. Unfortunately I did not find any suitable info in the manual. Thanks a lot, Maksim.

[PDF24 Support]

Hello,

since version 11.31.0 the DocTool has the option -silent for unattended use. In silent mode no dialogs are shown. Instead, each error is written as a line starting with error: to the error output (stderr), and the DocTool ends with an exit code that tells you what went wrong, e.g. 0 = success, 2 = no input files, 6 = an operation failed. A successful run writes nothing.

So in your script you can wait for the DocTool, check the exit code and redirect its error output into a file. Then you have a log of the failed runs.

Details in the manual:

• -silent: https://creator.pdf24.org/manual/11/#1111-general-format-and-options
• Joining: https://creator.pdf24.org/manual/11/#1115-join-input-files-and-create-an-output-pdf-file
• Exit codes with an example for -join: https://creator.pdf24.org/manual/11/#11119-exit-codes

A separate log file option with more details does not exist yet. Thank you for the suggestion, we will add it to our list.

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