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file. These options control TimeSync’s built-in logging mechanism. Note that these
options affect TimeSync’s logging facility only, and do not in any way relate to messages
logged to the system log.
The TimeSync log file itself can be either a basic text file or an HTML text file, depending
upon the HTMLFormat option described below. You can use any text or HTML file viewer
to examine the log.
TimeSync logs all error messages, as well as clock update messages, to the local system’s
event log (EMS for Guardian and OSS, syslog for Linux, and the Windows event log for
Windows). As a result, it is typically not necessary to activate the TimeSync built-in
logging mechanism unless you prefer to have a dedicated log file containing only
TimeSync activity.
ClearOnOpen True | False
If True, the log file is cleared when the TimeSync process starts up or logging is enabled.
Clearing the log file at startup helps prevent the log file from growing too large. At the
same time, it also could remove valuable log history data. Therefore this option should
only be set to True if you are certain that the log file contains no useful historical data.
Value Range: True or False
Default Value: False
Example: ClearOnOpen = True
DeleteOnClose True | False
If True, the log file is deleted when the TimeSync process shuts down. Deleting log files
when the process shuts down is an effective means of keeping log files from growing too
large. However, doing so also eliminates any logging history, and such history could be
useful for debugging purposes. Therefore, set this value to True only if your environment
typically generates a large amount of expected log activity.
Value Range: True or False
Default Value: False
Example: DeleteOnClose = True
Enabled True | False