/asciinema-tools:daemon-logs

View logs from the asciinema chunker daemon.

Arguments

Argument Description

-n N

Show last N lines (default: 50)

--follow

Follow log output (like tail -f )

--errors

Show only ERROR lines

Execution

Default: Show Recent Logs

/usr/bin/env bash << 'LOGS_EOF' LOG_FILE="$HOME/.asciinema/logs/chunker.log" LAUNCHD_STDOUT="$HOME/.asciinema/logs/launchd-stdout.log" LAUNCHD_STDERR="$HOME/.asciinema/logs/launchd-stderr.log"

if [[ ! -f "$LOG_FILE" ]]; then echo "No daemon logs found." echo "" echo "Log locations:" echo " Daemon log: $LOG_FILE" echo " launchd stdout: $LAUNCHD_STDOUT" echo " launchd stderr: $LAUNCHD_STDERR" exit 0 fi

echo "=== Daemon Log (last 50 lines) ===" echo "File: $LOG_FILE" echo "" tail -50 "$LOG_FILE" LOGS_EOF

With --follow: Stream Logs

/usr/bin/env bash << 'FOLLOW_EOF' LOG_FILE="$HOME/.asciinema/logs/chunker.log"

if [[ ! -f "$LOG_FILE" ]]; then echo "No daemon logs found. Start the daemon first." exit 1 fi

echo "=== Following Daemon Log (Ctrl+C to stop) ===" echo "File: $LOG_FILE" echo "" tail -f "$LOG_FILE" FOLLOW_EOF

With --errors: Show Only Errors

/usr/bin/env bash << 'ERRORS_EOF' LOG_FILE="$HOME/.asciinema/logs/chunker.log"

if [[ ! -f "$LOG_FILE" ]]; then echo "No daemon logs found." exit 0 fi

echo "=== Error Log Entries ===" echo "" grep -E "ERROR|WARN|FAIL" "$LOG_FILE" | tail -30 || echo "(no errors found)" ERRORS_EOF

Log Format

[2025-12-26 15:30:00] === Daemon started (PID: 12345) === [2025-12-26 15:30:00] Config: idle=30s, zstd=3, active_dir=/Users/user/.asciinema/active [2025-12-26 15:30:00] Credentials loaded (Pushover: enabled) [2025-12-26 15:30:00] SSH caches cleared [2025-12-26 15:30:02] Idle detected (35s) for workspace_2025-12-26.cast, creating chunk... [2025-12-26 15:30:03] Pushed: chunk_20251226_153002.cast.zst to https://github.com/...

Additional Log Files

File Content

~/.asciinema/logs/chunker.log

Main daemon log

~/.asciinema/logs/launchd-stdout.log

launchd stdout

~/.asciinema/logs/launchd-stderr.log

launchd stderr

Examples

View recent logs

/asciinema-tools:daemon-logs

Follow logs in real-time

/asciinema-tools:daemon-logs --follow

Show only errors

/asciinema-tools:daemon-logs --errors

Troubleshooting

Issue Cause Solution

No logs found Daemon never started Run /asciinema-tools:daemon-start

Empty log file Daemon just started Wait a few seconds, check again

Logs not updating Daemon crashed Check /daemon-status , restart

Permission denied Wrong file owner Check ls -la ~/.asciinema/logs/