Dynamic log location in v4

The Toolkit General Discussion
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Hi,
I hope this is the right category! :slight_smile:

I have recently started testing the new psadt and i am missing one feature with the new psadt: dynamic log locations.

In v3, I could edit the xml config file, and in the log location i could just put “$logdir” which i would fill in my deploy-application.ps1. I used this only to append the application name to the directory path, so I had all logs (PSADT, MSI and otherwise) for the deployment in one location without such a mess. Especially on Test-Systems, which have go through maybe 50 or 60 deployments.

Example:
In AppDeployToolkit.xml:
<Toolkit_LogPath>$logDir</Toolkit_LogPath>
in Deploy-Application.ps1:
$logdir=“C:\windows\logs\software$appname”

Now, with the new .psd1-Config-File, this is no longer possible, since there can be no variables in .psd1-Files (as far as i can tell and gather from the error messages?)

Is there a built-in way i am not seeing to do this with the new psadt?

Thanks in advance for all the help!

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That undocumented at this time but you can read about how to do it here

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I think you might have got the link mixed up :sweat_smile:

@S3LM4K, you want the LogToSubfolder option: PSAppDeployToolkit/src/PSAppDeployToolkit/Config/config.psd1 at 79684ff4fe1c19ead59086c941f449d82501df18 · PSAppDeployToolkit/PSAppDeployToolkit · GitHub

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I meant this link

Mitch: Some of these logging trick need to be documented.

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Agreed. I’ll see about getting the documents updated on the weekend.

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It’s actually documented to some degree, it can be seen here: Open-ADTSession · PSAppDeployToolkit. The configuration’s LogToSubfolder option is going to be preferable for the OP, though.