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I'm using Putty for Serial or SSH connections to systems.

For every session, I need to configure Logging manually, enter a new name and destination. I was wondering if there was a solution to set it automatically. Maybe some genius wrote a plugin that's able to do it. Even better would be if Putty will ask you where to save the log right after closing a session window.

My second question is regarding the multiple sessions. Is it possible to open sessions in tabs, a little bit like the Linux terminal?

Otherwise, is there another tool that can be used under Windows and allowing all of the above? Even a shareware.

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waszkiewicz
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  • Iain: why did you remove the "thanks" line from the post? – the-wabbit May 15 '11 at 16:48
  • Hi and Thanks are often removed, as per: http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/876 – Ward - Trying Codidact May 15 '11 at 16:54
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    I cannot agree with this kind of moderation philosophy and would expect moderation to intervene only where absolutely necessary - explicitly not on a regular basis because of formatting issues or to "fix" the original wording. But I suppose this is rather a cultural issue of "newsgroup kiddies" advocating their freedom to post nonsense against "forum kiddies" who see a different quality of participation and try to keep the site clean. – the-wabbit May 15 '11 at 19:21

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The logging is pretty easy, and built into putty. Under "Putty Configuration" click "Session", "Logging". Choose what you want to log, and where. Use the variables &Y &M &D &T &H: year, month, day, time and host. I suggest something like:

&T&D&M&Y&H.log

So it's easy to sort.

SecureCRT gives you tabs, but it's not free:

http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/

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  • Hi! Thanks, I know the logging system from Putty, but it's not satisfaying me, that's why I asked if there was something I didn't know... But the variables are interesting, thanks a lot! – waszkiewicz May 15 '11 at 17:50
  • Maybe you could elaborate on why this doesn't work for you. It creates a new file for every session, automatically and even names the file whatever you want. It sounds like you just want a prompt on logoff? – Antonius Bloch May 15 '11 at 19:57
  • No that's perfect, thanks! I never used it before, it's actually what I wanted! – waszkiewicz May 15 '11 at 20:00
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For tab, there's SuperPuTTY.

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  • Looks nice. That web page seems so spammy though. Is that the authors site? – Antonius Bloch May 15 '11 at 17:45
  • Nope. Just an explanation. The "Download SuperPuTTY" link at the bottom of the page probably goes to the author's site, though. – Mike Renfro May 15 '11 at 18:16
  • Thanks! It looks really great, but I can't find any download link... yet! – waszkiewicz May 15 '11 at 19:42
  • The blog's download link ends up at some other almost-as-spammy site. The project is at https://github.com/phendryx/superputty – DerfK May 15 '11 at 20:26
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    Actually, it seems there are *two* active superputty projects, the github one is a fork of http://code.google.com/p/superputty/ claiming it was abandoned, but the googlecode project seems pretty active to me. – DerfK May 15 '11 at 22:25
  • Thanks a lot! Found it, and tested it... it's nice, but I let myself seduced from SecureCRT, great software! Cheers. – waszkiewicz May 16 '11 at 07:24
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Using Google would have saved you the effort of asking and waiting for an answer. This blog post about the Putty connection manager (which has admittedly moved in the meantime) was among the first hits on my search and is already 3 years old.

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