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# log

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## Syntax ##

<div class="irssisyntax highlight"><pre style="\-\-cmdlen:8ch"><code><span class="synB">LOG</span> <span class="synB">OPEN</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-noopen</span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-autoopen</span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-window</span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-</span><span class="syn09">&lt;server tag></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-targets</span> <span class="syn09">&lt;targets></span>]</span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn">-colors</span>]</span> <span class="synB05">&lt;fname></span> <span class="syn10">[<span class="syn09">&lt;levels></span>]</span></code></pre></div>


<div class="irssisyntax highlight"><pre style="\-\-cmdlen:9ch"><code><span class="synB">LOG</span> <span class="synB">CLOSE</span> <span class="synB05">&lt;id></span>|<span class="synB05">&lt;file></span></code></pre></div>


<div class="irssisyntax highlight"><pre style="\-\-cmdlen:9ch"><code><span class="synB">LOG</span> <span class="synB">START</span> <span class="synB05">&lt;id></span>|<span class="synB05">&lt;file></span></code></pre></div>


<div class="irssisyntax highlight"><pre style="\-\-cmdlen:8ch"><code><span class="synB">LOG</span> <span class="synB">STOP</span> <span class="synB05">&lt;id></span>|<span class="synB05">&lt;file></span></code></pre></div>



## Parameters ##


| | |
| --- | --- |
| `OPEN`: |              Opens a log file. |
| `CLOSE`: |             Closes a log file. |
| `START`: |             Starts logging a log entry. |
| `STOP`: |              Stops logging a log entry. |


| | |
| --- | --- |
| `-noopen`: |           Saves the entry in the configuration, but doesn't actually start logging. |
| `-autoopen`: |         Automatically opens the log at startup. |
| `-window`: |           Displays the output to the active window, or the window specified in the targets parameter. |
| `-<server tag>`: |     The server tag the targets must be on. |
| `-targets`: |          Logs the specified nicknames or channels. |
| `-colors`: |           Also log the color codes of the messages. |

The filename of the log and the levels to match; if no argument is given,
the list of open logs will be displayed.

## Description ##

Opens a log file and stores the messages of the given targets into it; the
log files will be locked so multiple clients cannot log to the same file.

You may use any of the date formats to create a log rotation; we strongly
recommend you to enable autolog if you are interested in keeping logs.

## Examples ##

    /LOG OPEN -targets mike ~/irclogs/mike.log MSGS
    /LOG OPEN -targets #irssi-freenode ~/irclogs/freenode/irssi-%Y-%m-%d
    /LOG CLOSE ~/irclogs/freenode/irssi-%Y-%m-%d
    /LOG STOP ~/irclogs/freenode/irssi-%Y-%m-%d
    /LOG START ~/irclogs/freenode/irssi-%Y-%m-%d

    /SET autolog ON

## References ##



[https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/formats.txt](https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/formats.txt)



## See also ##
[SET](/documentation/help/1.0/set), [LOG](/documentation/help/1.0/log), [WINDOW](/documentation/help/1.0/window), [LOG](/documentation/help/1.0/log)