A simple log file format

Question

I\'m not sure if it was asked, but I couldn\'t find anything like this.

My program uses a simple .txt file for log purposes, It just creates/opens a file and appends

Answer 1

The 3 W's :

When, what and where.

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And to keep your files readable, you might want to start new files when if the filesize of the current log file is over certain limit. Example:

• activity0.log (1 mb)
• activity1.log (1 mb)
• activity2.log (1 mb)
• activity3.log (1 mb)
• activity4.log (205 bytes)