Problems with log file

[SteveComstock]

The instructions for setting up the log are not clear to me. In particular, the LOGDIR
imperative has just one example:


$LOGDIR = "/home/mysite/logs";

Now, is 'home' a literal? or a placeholder? In a formMail alert I see:

DOCUMENT_ROOT: /home/myname6/public_html

so should I follow that syntax and code something like:


$LOGDIR = "/home/myname6/public_html/SpecialSale";

or is it sufficient to code, say,
$LOGDIR = "public_html/SpecialSale";

I have not found the magic pattern yet: no log entries
have been added. I am trying to use the log as one way
of debugging, since I am still getting:

----------------------------------------
The following error occurred in FormMail : no_recipients ********** Error=The form has an internal error - no actions or recipients were specified. email: realname:
---------------------------------------

but recipients, email, and realname are all included in my form.

Sigh.

-Steve

[crabtree]

Start with a full path - its safer.I don't think the log file is written to if there's an error in the form.U should fix the error first.

[SteveComstock]

Thanks. I've got the error fixed, now I'm trying to get logging to work.

My real question here is: what does that look like? What is implied by
"Start with a full path"? Is the example using


$LOGDIR = "/home/mysite/logs";

generic or precise? Is 'home' a place holder or, perhaps, public_html for example?
Or does it need the domain name?

Thanks.

[SteveComstock]

Never mind. Got it working. I used

$LOGDIR="/home/trnnn/public_html";

where 'home' is the word 'home', literally;
'trnnn' is my user-id on the system;
'public_html' is the system's place for
my html. Now that I know, I could have
gone one level deeper, but I can change
that later.

Thanks.