Inspect Log Files

showLog opens the log in the pager. For customization, see file.show. getLog returns the log as character vector.

Usage

showLog(id, reg = getDefaultRegistry())

getLog(id, reg = getDefaultRegistry())

Arguments

id

[integer(1) or data.table]
Single integer to specify the job or a data.table with column job.id and exactly one row.

reg

[Registry]
Registry. If not explicitly passed, uses the default registry (see setDefaultRegistry).

Value

Nothing.

See also

Other debug: getErrorMessages(), getStatus(), grepLogs(), killJobs(), resetJobs(), testJob()

Examples

tmp = makeRegistry(file.dir = NA, make.default = FALSE)
#> No readable configuration file found
#> Created registry in '/tmp/batchtools-example/reg' using cluster functions 'Interactive'

# Create some dummy jobs
fun = function(i) {
  if (i == 3) stop(i)
  if (i %% 2 == 1) warning("That's odd.")
}
ids = batchMap(fun, i = 1:5, reg = tmp)
#> Adding 5 jobs ...
submitJobs(reg = tmp)
#> Submitting 5 jobs in 5 chunks using cluster functions 'Interactive' ...
#> Warning: That's odd.
#> Error in (function (i)  : 3
#> Warning: That's odd.
waitForJobs(reg = tmp)
#> [1] FALSE
getStatus(reg = tmp)
#> Status for 5 jobs at 2025-05-22 15:49:28:
#>   Submitted    : 5 (100.0%)
#>   -- Queued    : 0 (  0.0%)
#>   -- Started   : 5 (100.0%)
#>   ---- Running : 0 (  0.0%)
#>   ---- Done    : 4 ( 80.0%)
#>   ---- Error   : 1 ( 20.0%)
#>   ---- Expired : 0 (  0.0%)

writeLines(getLog(ids[1], reg = tmp))
#> ### [bt]: This is batchtools v0.9.17.9000
#> ### [bt]: Starting calculation of 1 jobs
#> ### [bt]: Setting working directory to '/home/runner/work/batchtools/batchtools/docs/dev/reference'
#> ### [bt]: Memory measurement disabled
#> ### [bt]: Starting job [batchtools job.id=1]
#> ### [bt]: Setting seed to 5192 ...
#> 
#> ### [bt]: Job terminated successfully [batchtools job.id=1]
#> ### [bt]: Calculation finished!
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
showLog(ids[1], reg = tmp)
} # }

grepLogs(pattern = "warning", ignore.case = TRUE, reg = tmp)
#> Key: <job.id>
#> Empty data.table (0 rows and 2 cols): job.id,matches