Please provide option to change the location of the LOGFILE

[esimeon-hc]

Hello, Hope all is well.
Forever-service has been extremely useful for us.
Would like to submit a request to be able to set the location for LOGFILE.
Currently, it is hardcoded in initd.template line 34;
LOGFILE="/var/log/{{service}}.log"

initd.template line 34;
https://github.com/zapty/forever-service/blob/8ac17df6e94767d92352d5ae5eb62573a8ab1c0a/templates/sysvinit/initd.template

upstart.template 25:
https://github.com/zapty/forever-service/blob/8ac17df6e94767d92352d5ae5eb62573a8ab1c0a/templates/upstart/upstart.template

I tried using the forever log option when I created the service:
--foreverOptions " -l /appl/logs/myApp.log"

I got an interesting error:

path.js:7
throw new TypeError('Path must be a string. Received ' + inspect(path));
^

TypeError: Path must be a string. Received [ '/var/log/myApp.log', '/appl/logs/myApp.log' ]
at assertPath (path.js:7:11)
at Object.join (path.js:1211:7)
at Object.forever.logFilePath (/usr/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever.js:943:12)
at tryStart (/usr/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever/cli.js:152:21)
at /usr/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever/cli.js:318:5
at Array.forEach (native)
at Object.app.cmd.cli.startDaemon (/usr/lib/node_modules/forever/lib/forever/cli.js:316:11)
at apply (/usr/lib/node_modules/forever/node_modules/director/lib/director/router.js:448:19)
at _every (/usr/lib/node_modules/forever/node_modules/director/lib/director/router.js:30:9)
at Router.invoke (/usr/lib/node_modules/forever/node_modules/director/lib/director/router.js:454:5)

[ChrisTalman]

Unfortunately I can't help you with this, as I'm experiencing the same issue. The odd thing is, somehow I achieved it in the past, but that was a while ago while I was testing out forever-service, and I have since forgotten how it can be achieved.

The command that I have been using is as follows.

sudo forever-service install app -o " -o /path/to/file/out.log -e /path/to/file/err.log" --script app.js

Perhaps this can be of some help to you and others. Something like this should work, but something must be wrong with it in its current form.

[LajosPolya]

I looks a bit into the code and if you look at the templates directory you'll see that "/var/log" is hard coded, and that's where the log files will be stored.