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Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: Vectorfire on February 12, 2020, 04:24:17 pm

Title: Unable to pull a log file
Post by: Vectorfire on February 12, 2020, 04:24:17 pm

I'm having a couple of issues, and following the instructions on the groovymame page to pull a log file before making a post I have not been able to do so.
Seems straightforward enough.

Instructions:

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c:\mame_folder>groovymame.exe romname -v >romname.txt
for me and Street Fighter 2 thats:

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c:\GROOVYMAME\mame64 sf2 -v >sfv.txt
The game starts and when I exit out I have a text file named sf2, but it's empty.
Doesn't matter which rom I try.


Any ideas?

Title: Re: Unable to pull a log file
Post by: Foxhole on February 12, 2020, 04:59:06 pm

Sounds like a permission issue (?)
Are you on Win10? Try running it from a different drive if possible or a folder that doesn't need permissions.

Title: Re: Unable to pull a log file
Post by: tjbaker6 on March 16, 2020, 11:22:13 pm

Same issue here.   I have tried to place the log file in several directories with the same zero result.   It is as if mame64, while writing to its own sub cmd box/shell window, is not using stdout or stderr?   Beyond that, its over my head.

 

Title: Re: Unable to pull a log file
Post by: tjbaker6 on March 18, 2020, 11:33:30 am

I loaded the standard (non-groovy) MAME64 on my machine and commands work fine with redirected output.  non-groovy mame does not open a child window and as a result, all output is captured when redirected.  the groovy version doesn't work.. can't get any output to redirect.  Is there something that can be changed/set in groovy mame so that output redirect works?