aphesia Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Hi, I'm working on a little script which controls uTorrent.exe on my homeserver (slow down the upload speed when my laptop or other devices go online, removes the upload limit when no one else is online in the network, updates the ipfilter.dat and also writes all those things into some log file which I display on my servers-desktop via rainmeter). My problem is: I want the logfile (currently log.ini) to display the newest entries first. Is there any way to do so? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted December 25, 2011 Moderators Share Posted December 25, 2011 aphesia, As far as I know Windows puts new entries at the end of ini files. If you want them in a particular order then I fear you are going to have to rewrite the file yourself. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphesia Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 Yup.. Windows always puts it at the end of the file :/ Hmm.. what about using smth else than a .ini file? Like .txt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developers Jos Posted December 25, 2011 Developers Share Posted December 25, 2011 As stated, You can rewrite the information yourself by using fileread/filewrite functions and it doesn't really matter what the name of the file is. SciTE4AutoIt3 Full installer Download page - Beta files Read before posting How to post scriptsource Forum etiquette Forum Rules Live for the present, Dream of the future, Learn from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElFuego Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I think an .ini file is not realy covenient for a log file, is it ? Because I'm practising a litte bit, I just wrote this piece of code for you, maybe it's useful. It will always write to the beginning of a file. expandcollapse popup#include <Constants.au3> #include <Date.au3> Local Const $sFile = "test.txt" Local $hFile ; Open for reading $hFile = FileOpen($sFile, 0) ; Check if file opened If $hFile = -1 Then MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.") Exit EndIf ; Get old logdata $logdata = FileRead($hFile) FileClose($hFile) ; Open for writing $hFile = FileOpen($sFile, 2) If $hFile = -1 Then MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.") Exit EndIf ; Your new log data $str = "new log data" ; Get the time $time = _Now() ; Make the new log string $str = $time & " - " & $str & @CRLF $logdata = $str & $logdata ; Write something to the file. FileWrite($hFile, $logdata) ; Flush the file to disk. FileFlush($hFile) ; Close the handle. FileClose($hFile) My scripts: Logfile Snippet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphesia Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) Thanks, it works just perfectly for my needs I just wonder if this will also work with an .txt file that is 5-20MB ? Edited December 25, 2011 by aphesia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgAndy Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 If you want to insert text at the beginning of a file, you will have to move the whole old data, so it is slow. That's the reason why all logfiles have the most recent entries at the end of the file since this doesn't touch the old data. *GERMAN* [note: you are not allowed to remove author / modified info from my UDFs]My UDFs:[_SetImageBinaryToCtrl] [_TaskDialog] [AutoItObject] [Animated GIF (GDI+)] [ClipPut for Image] [FreeImage] [GDI32 UDFs] [GDIPlus Progressbar] [Hotkey-Selector] [Multiline Inputbox] [MySQL without ODBC] [RichEdit UDFs] [SpeechAPI Example] [WinHTTP]UDFs included in AutoIt: FTP_Ex (as FTPEx), _WinAPI_SetLayeredWindowAttributes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphesia Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Alright, I will try to get rainmeter to display the latest entries instead of the first ones then. ElFuego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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