bugfix: log directory now writes to appdata folder, avoiding permissions issues. log folder accessible from tray icon.

doc: deployment/build doc added
2026-03-17 01:10:40 -04:00
parent e67b6eb89f
commit 504ee1d470
5 changed files with 137 additions and 6 deletions
--- a/settings_dialog.py
+++ b/settings_dialog.py
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ DEFAULTS = {
    "MISSING_HOURS":        "24",
    "MLG_HEADER_BYTES":     "2048",
    "ENABLE_LOGGING":       "true",
-    "LOG_FILE":             r"C:\Program Files\Series3Watcher\agent_logs\series3_watcher.log",
+    "LOG_FILE":             os.path.join(
+                                os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA") or os.environ.get("APPDATA") or "C:\\",
+                                "Series3Watcher", "agent_logs", "series3_watcher.log"
+                            ),
    "LOG_RETENTION_DAYS":   "30",
    "COLORIZE":             "false",
 }