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Running my recipe from the command line....

O:\chef\cookbooks\wincfg>chef-client -L C:\chef\rds_deployment.log -l info -z -o wincfg::rds_deployment

A file C:\chef\rds_deployment.log does get created...but it's not containing the readable format that is still getting printed to stdout (on the console).

How do I get logging working so that what chef is logging to the console actually goes to a file? Note - I know I could redirect stdout via >>, but I want information on things that happen after reboots to end up in my log file as well.

Jeff
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The output you see on the console isn't from the logging system, that's formatter output and it is enabled automatically when outputting to a TTY. You can turn it back on with --force-formatter but it isn't intended to go to a log file. What you see in the log is the actual logger output.

coderanger
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