Re: irssi logs variables?

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On 2012-03-16 19:46:16 +0100, Francesco de Virgilio wrote:
> Hi guys,

Hello:

> I'm using IRSSI with XMPP and GTalk, and logs are formatted as
> follows:
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> autolog_path =3D "~/.irssi/logs/$tag/$0.%y-%m-%d.log"
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> The problem is, it generates this log file when the user is connected
> from the web chat interface:
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> [email protected]_gmail.8FCE4E05.12-02-19.log
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> and the following log when the user is connected from Android client:
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> [email protected]_android7245d601efb6.12-02-19.log
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> So, log reading is really a mess. Moreover, the number after "gmail"
> and "android" seems to be assigned randomly from Google, and it can
> vary trough the time. So, for the same user I can have:
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> [email protected]_gmail.G9GA6D06.11-12-19.log
> [email protected]_gmail.8FCE4E05.12-02-19.log
> [email protected]_android64w6d6895shf.12-02-19.log
> [email protected]_android7245d601efb6.12-02-19.log
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> I'm searching for a way to truncate the user name in logs before
> the "_", creating a client-independent log file for the same user,
> like:
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> [email protected]
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> I've read the docs, googled until headache, but nothing. I'm using
> IRSSI 0.8.15 on Ubuntu 11.04.

It sounds like XMPP support comes from a plugin, and isn't a core
feature of irssi. Personally I use Bitlbee to access other IM
networks from irssi, such as GTalk. So my logs end up being in
~/.irssi/logs/bitlbee/${nick}.log. Perhaps changing to Bitlbee is
one option.

I'm not sure if either will work for you, but alternatively try
to find special_vars.txt distributed with irssi for a description
of variable expansion rules and the variables available for use.
*Maybe* $T would be a suitable replacement for $0, but I'm not
too confident.. You'll have to experiment with the variables in
that file to see if you can find something that works better for
you.

If that doesn't work then try /help log while running irssi for a
description of the /log command's usage. It sounds like you can
configure irssi to log particular nicks to a specific file, so
perhaps you could manually configure each of your GTalk contacts.
Untested example:

/log -targets bob ~/.irssi/logs/gtalk/bob.log

I don't know just how specific the target can be. It would
certainly suck if it also matched bobs on other networks and
logged them to your gtalk friend's log. You will have to
experiment to find out, I guess. Maybe it will accept masks?

Alternatively, it shouldn't be unreasonable to merge the logs
after the fact manually with a simple command or automatically
with a program. I'll leave this as an exercise to the reader
because I'm feeling lazy. ^^

Regards,


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Brandon McCaig <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Castopulence Software <https://www.castopulence.org/>
Blog <http://www.bamccaig.com/>
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